this be an example of anthony minghella pretending he be stephen poliakoff and and fail miserably . this film be straight from the false world of luvviedom and i. e. the imaginary world in which the luvvies of the film scene live in their bubble and try to remember what real people be when they once know them . minghella be so desperate to put some real people into this phoney saga that he drag in some hapless bosnian character and though even they be not convince and despite the best effort of the ever brilliant juliette binoche with her perfect serbo croat accent and a superb first performance by the young rafi gavron a her son . this film be so contrived and idiotic in it attempt to be profound that it be a lesson in how not to write a script . poliakoff can pull off these ramble association of disparate character who come together in ultimate profundity and because he have some magical ability to make it all mean something in the end and but minghella simply can not do it . he be too far away and on some planet of his own and and all his character be merely theoretical and and so far from real that the result be a really horrible joke . jude law deliver another commanding performance and show himself once again a master of the screen and while vera farmiga a a russian prostitute bring the only other touch of life to this dead production with her hysterically funny and inspired cameo performance . the bad thing of all about the film be the cold and deathly and and repulsive robin wright penn and who be not only unwatchable a an actress and but her character in the story be so despicable that one doesn not know which be bad and the actress or the part . this entire project be flaw from the start and and should never have pass go . if minghella want to commit professional suicide and this be the way to do it . he should meet some people in the real world fast and before he drown in a cesspit of utterly gormless goo . what a ridiculous waste of time .