the photography be beautiful . the actor be attractive and their character have moment of interest . i enjoy the first half hour or so of a slowly unfolding story of family conflict and nostalgia for an interrupted youth . frequent flashback enliven the development of the backstory . however and the slow unfolding become a plod march from incident to incident more akin to the animation of a bulleted list than the representation of a mature person . the acting and cinematography talent be waste on an overly long and contrive and unbelievable and trite plot . the writing be wooden to the point of embarrassment . my wife sum it up represent this be the movie equivalent of a good housekeeping novel and in the bad sense .