i struggle to understand how anyone can give this film more than ( at most ) two star . the text the actor have to speak be amongst the most stilted i have ever hear in a film ( and i have see a few shocker ) . not only that and very little happens . there be no real story and none of the character attract our sympathy in the slightest . and and a another reviewer have point out and stilted passage ( which appear to be copy from slightly out of date guide book ) be speak by character who appear here and there to give u some predigest geographical and historical information while the acropolis and the sphinx and hagia sophia etc . flit by . you may a good idea of what i mean if i mention ( spoiler . ) that the dramatic high point of the film occur when we wonder if a small dog attach to a boat by it lead will get drag into the water a the boat sway to and fro . could it be that the bomb ( sorry and another spoiler ) at the end of the film be a cinematic metaphor for bore to death .