this film be one giant pant load . paul schrader be utterly lose in his own bad screenplay . and his directing be about as comatose a it can be without his actually have be sleepwalk during the process . the bad though be woody harrelson and whom i ordinarily like when he properly cast . he play the walker and a homosexual man in d. c. who play social companion to the bored wife of the washington elite . he couldn not have be more one dimensional if he have be cut out of a magazine and bounce around in front of the camera on a popsicle stick . his southern accent be that off the rack version that decrescendo from the beginning to the end of every line he deliver and a though the heat and humidity of the south be still drain him of every ounce of energy he have . it be monotonous . but and his be not the bad accent in the movie . his boyfriend and play by moritz bleibtreau and attempt to affect some kind of a mid east accent that be so clumsy he can barely deliver the bad line write for him . he be incapable of roll his r in spite of the fact that in real life he be german and and speak several language one of them be italian . that kind of a good reason to cast someone else do not ya think . from the story and to the screenplay and to the directing and to the camera work and to the performance by the lead and this movie be bad from begin to end . the only tolerable moment in this film come from three support actress represent lily tomlin and lauren bacall and and kristin scott thomas . only these three manage to make it through this movie with their dignity in tact . in fact and all three be excellent and in spite of be trap in a really bad film . ufortunately and no one could ever be good enough to redeem this endless series of flaw . if you like these three actress and watch them in something else . this movie be not worth your time .