although metropolitan production value be nothing to write home about and at least it enjoy the distinction of perhaps the most awful acting ever . someone should have tell stillman that a film so dependent on it carefully craft dialogue might also depend on the performance of say dialogue . if only it have be a short story and i might have enjoy the read . once upon a time and while review a director reel and an agency creative laughingly remark and my god and it like porno dialogue . metropolitan seem to go out of it way to prove that bad delivery need no nudity to make it to the screen . such stilted performance could only come from one of two place represent the actor first time in front of a camera and or incredibly bad direction . metropolitan must have have both ingredient . i hope the comparatively enormous budget of barcelona and stillman next film and heal the wound he must have suffer in view this one . at least the folk responsible for metropolitan lighting and art direction be kind to his first effort . after endure what seem hour of such stagey performance and i be sure that somewhere out in the world and the writer be still hunt down metropolitan director and with murder a his sole intent . then i learn that the writer direct it . that explain everything .