i would hear a lot about this film and 99 % of it good . so i pick the film up to take a gander and and be terribly disappointed . it take me two try to even finish the film . michael angelis be actually quite good in the main role and and elvis costello be amuse in his cameo appearance a a daft magician . but the good end there . the joke be date and the sound be horrid and the plot be garble and much too long . be only 1 hour 40 but felt like more than two hour . there be some very funny moment ( include the band and which be hilarious and and an attempted mugging of a blind man and the result of which also have me laugh ) but most of the humour be lose in the drag of this plodding film . and when the end come it be a horrid finish . i would give it a negative if i hadn not actually enjoy any part of it and but a it stand i can rate it no high than a three . negative .