what do you expect when there be no script to begin with and and therefore nothing that the director can work with . hayek and farrell and and donaldson and kirkin be good actor and they just do not have anything to say or anything to react to . even the earthquake be pretty poor . and i do not know how closely the movie follow the novel and but two have the jewish girl show up out of nowhere just so show that arturo have a nice and warm heart and but some stereotype do not amount to anything . and he even bury camilla out in the desert and instead of bring her back to l. a. for a nice catholic burial where he could at least bring her flower once in a while . pathetic . and the l. a. set be ridiculously graphically create . anything good . the window to his apartment felt real and the curtain and the sound and the wind . and donaldson be always great . have be since the body snatcher or night of the living dead and whichever it be .