i be so look forward to this film . what a great cast and director . well and it be outstanding in the way it look while beautifully film and visually capture the era and mood . but the script be absolutely awful . i couldn not work up any interest in what be happen regard the story or character . rather than capture the film noir experience and this film be like a carol burnett send up of the genre without the burnett humor . the only other positive i can say be that it be great to hear or see k. d. lange sing and mia kirshner dahlia convey the inner sadness of her character very well . hillary performance come across a a cartoon represent a 2006 actress dress up for halloween a a 1947 femme fatale . oh and why couldn not the rest of the film match the beautiful cinematography .