the undoubted highlight of this movie be peter otoole performance . in turn wildly comical and terribly terribly tragic . do anybody do it good than otoole . i do not think so . what a great face that man have . the story be an odd one and quite disturbing and emotionally intense in part ( especially toward the end ) but it be also oddly touching and do succeed on many level . however and i felt the film basically revolve around peter otoole luminous performance and i be sure i wouldn not have enjoy it even half a much if he hadn not be in it .