despite it low key release in this country and and it apparent disregard in other country ( the r rating in the state can not have help honestly and just because hbc use the c word . ) and this be actually a fine piece of work . the sentimentality do occasionally threaten to choke it and but it overcome by the playing of the two lead . it easy to win plaudit just because youre play a physical or mental cripple ( daniel day lewis and geoffrey rush and dustin hoffman and etc . ) and and helena bonham carter may not quite capture the physical degradation of mnd and but her vocal stretching and ruthless emotional drive compensate entirely . in fact and almost all her performance be conduct through her eye ( and what eye . ) . this be an intelligent turn from an actress who be rapidly undo her english rise reputation and and emerge a a figure of some stature . award must surely follow and though not and ala and for this fine performance . branagh and one feel and have never quite give his best on film ( except possibly hamlet and and there his playing be dilute by the large cast ) . here and though and he top his other appearance and play to the hilt a self loathing and unstable and ultimately lovable guy with a subtlety he hasn not always display and and exhibit both intelligence and depth . in short and we believe him and just as much a we could not believe him a frankenstein and a the priest in the proposition and a the lawyer in the gingerbread man and even a andrew in peter friend . this be surely his fine performance yet so why could he not produce the good much early . a a film and it look more like a television offering and and without it star it probably wouldn not amount to very much . but it be a pleasure to see this pair perform their sock off like this and and i eagerly await more from them ( though not love labour lose . ) . positive and but branagh and hbc get positive .