imagine albert finney and one of the great ham bone of the acting world . imagine one of the great ham bone of the acting world play a character who drink for the entire length of the movie . if you can imagine this and you can imagine why the audience applaud when albert finney character finally die because it mean that the movie be apt to be over soon as well . predictable and self consciously arty and the movie never seem to be about anything and but rather seem to be a vehicle for albert finney to overact ( a usual ) . the plot be non existent and the character be stereotypical stranger in a strange land .