this movie start out promise a professor whose career and personal life be drive by his fascination with the hedonistic side of american sexuality confront the one thing that will put an end to his pursuit represent he get old . unfortunately and once the meat of the story get go and it become a puppet show of superficial character prance out the whim of the screenwriter and director . nothing about this movie be authentic and and a a result it pretty difficult to pay much attention to the intend theme . a 112 minute close up of ben kingsley wrinkle face would say more about mortality and the human condition and and would say it more sincerely for that matter and not to mention more entertainingly . the character be eggshell thin and and mostly we have to believe what we be tell about them by their screen mate and because their own behavior make little sense . david kapesh be a playboy . really . maybe he be charm in every other moment of his life and but during the time he spend with consuela and and unfortunately with u and he a bumbling jackass . his hear to heart with his buddy george suggest he incredibly insecure in the presence of a beautiful young woman and and every single encounter he have with consuela confirms that . be this the first time he date one of his student . no and say the film back story and he a playboy and we swear he a playboy . just not since he start look like a late career ben kingsley and start act like an @ $ $ hole i guess . so let just give this movie the benefit of the doubt and assume that he be and always have be a playboy be just not catch him on his good day . what be his special attraction to consuela . okay so she young and educate and and beautiful . the first two attribute should apply to a good portion of the woman he be date his student and that be and a for the third and if he the playboy be mean to believe he be and this should be nothing new either . i be not say a lady man can not be strike dumb now and again and but we have get to have some since of why that would be the case . instead be just ask to accept it . consuela meanwhile leaf u even less in the way of authenticity and depth . first of all and that accent be sexy and do not get me wrong and but be we really suppose to believe that a well educate 24 year old who be in the u. s. since she be 11 still talk like that . her family background suggest she probably do not spend the last decade living in a ghetto and the only excuse she would have for not speak standard american english by now . and why be she in love with david . he not particularly witty and especially for a professor and and he do really annoying thing like show up uninvited to spy on her while she out with her brother and then cover it with a lame excuse . be it because he culture . i have a feeling that a beautiful and smart woman like her could find a comparably sophisticated man who within three decade of her age and who doesn not act like a total creep living in new york city . in fact she probably wouldn not even have to leave campus . the only reason she could possibly want him be his status and and be mean to believe there more to her than that . otherwise why do we care about her . why do david care about her . why do she act like she want something meaningful from him when he clearly be willing to give her a nice sexy superficial relationship with all the trimming of a celebrity academic lifestyle . i could go on about the various other terrible aspect of this movie but this review be get long and i be tire of think about it . oh wait there one more thing that i just can not let go without mention represent consuela have a breast remove and not a single family member or friend be there . why not . they must have all stay at home when they realize how touching it would be for her to wake up from a mastectomy to find no one there to console her but a disgusting ex boyfriend . just one more slap in the face in a long line of scene that insult our intelligence and artistic sensibility alike .