i just saw of this film at the montreal world film festival . stephen rea and sarah polley be in attendance . you could not ask for two good actor . rea play a 45 50ish photographer who seduce 20 yr. old sarah polley to give up her law school career and become an artist and his live in lover . the director and writer and audrey well and also direct and write the truth about cat and dog . i intensely dislike that film because it be implausible and not ground in any reality and and because even the luminous jeneane garafalo couldn not save it . audrey well also write inspector gadget while clearly and her writing leave something to be desire . in this film she manage to put interesting situation ( may september romance or high vs. low class ) forth but whenever they approach any hard edge here come the soft humour or easy way out or just plain ambiguously unrealized character motif . polley character would get to say one disturbing or strong thing and then have go on act so obviously well below her and her character intelligence . i consistently think scene be misdirect and that the writing give up on itself and fell into cliche and sap it of any force it have . and with the potential force between these two great actor never realize it be a sad loss . this be no lolita or educate rita . consider even the ballyhooed scene be jean smart and in a good job and take down rea character in front of her daughter ( the awe scene . ) the camera focusses intently on smart malice . think how much good that little diatribe would be if we be watch polley reaction while hear the mother word . that would be a real dislocation . then we could see the full range of which polley be absolutely capable . also and the soundtrack music be very synthetic and touchy feely and it work completely against the ( potentially ) creepy aspect of the film and until the white light hogwash of the end . but if you like all that white light business in kiss and if you could tolerate the preposterous situation of cat and dog and then maybe you will like this film . a it be and i find it singularly unconvincing and the moreso a it go along . p . sandra oh be very funny with the two minute of screen time she get . sandra oh be always excellent . if you want to see a good sarah polley and sandra oh film and rent last night . it brilliant . for stephen rea and look forward to his next neil jordan film .