it one of these film that talk down at you while the cinematic equivalent of read a novel in capital letter represent it all spell out for you a if you be an idiot . nothing be leave to the imagination and let alone the intelligence of the viewer a the film move boringly forward from one tiresome expository scene to the next . even the emotion of the character be underline continuously by leaden dialogue or linger close ups . cate blanchett and a fine actress and be waste in a lifeless role that simplistically smooth over all the moral and emotional complexity that i assume exist in the original novel ( i haven not read it ) . at one point she ask what be i do here . the viewer in the cinema feel like ask the same question .