this be disappoint . it start well enough but a it go on and lose every opportunity to soar and it fell flat . maria schrader act be dreadful and never seem to mean what she say and or even know what she say until she say it . she show no genuine emotion at all and not for her beloved goy and or her mother story . when with lena she seem to have little more than an academic interest in lena story . there never seem to be a real relationship between lena and her mother except her mother seem to be have a good time at the wedding and which isn not much . the suppose parallel between hannah mixed romance and her mother relationship with her father be as cliché a they come and and fail miserably anyway . the wedding be completely unconvincing and a dumb finish . the climax of the protest be uninspiring and and no matter what lena have or have not do to influence the outcome and she would surely have show some complexity of feeling at the time and a haunt look and an inexplicable ambivalence . in fact and none of the character in the film have any depth or spark . it be very hard to care about any of them and even little ruth . everything with luis be a distraction . ( why do she dis him so when on the phone from the hotel . there be no context or explanation whatever for that . ) if every reference to him be remove it wouldn not be notice . a simple story make confusing by poor character development ( who be whose mother and again . ) weak acting and and direct that make everyone look like they be act . you could almost hear quiet on the set . i start think this be worthy of a 7 and but a the film go on it drop rapidly to a 4 and then earn a 3 after the silliness of the wedding scene . this be about a cold and sterile a movie a i have see . a terrible waste of a good story .