to call tom cruise and actor be generous at best . he appear in movie and and because he be pretty and people watch . he doesn not have enough talent to occupy minor character role and and if he weren not so pretty and we would never have hear his name . but he be and and here he be and without enough horsepower to drive ann rice seminal character and lestat . but and as bad a cruise be and he be olivier compare to pitt and the other megastar pretty boy non actor . pitt can not act his way out of a paper bag and and frankly and if you watch the plastic bag scene in american beauty and you will see a bag do a good job at act than pitt will ever do . neil jordan decide to downplay the homosexual aspect of rice decadent vampire . give the meager talent of the two lead and there isn not much left . cruise and pitt preen and pose through endless costume scene and the obligatory vampire touchstone like fang and blood and and it be mediocre beyond belief . thank god for kirsten dunst . she be spectacular a claudia and the young vampire deny the chance to grow up physically and but who become more wise and mature than any human adult . without her and there would be nothing but air . even stephen rea and antonio banderas be cardboard cutout prop up in the scenery compare to her . ann rice have publicly say she approve of this presentation of her immensely popular book and but one can not help but wonder if she wasn not a bit disappointed and if the truth be tell . i do not hate this movie and but i hate how it be diminish by rely on marquee name instead of talent .