minor spoiler hereini be force to watch this movie for my medium criticism and theory class . the film look promising and a great director and two great lead actor who i respect immensely and and an interesting subject matter . the film quickly go downhill . the entire film be stylistically and structurally disjoint . the director do not seem to know if she want to make the film realistic or not and so she just sort of go into non sequitor fantasy sequence at random point in the film and most of which just end up look silly in an otherwise realistic look film . the whole thing with ruth run off and join a cult would have create more sympathy for her if there be ever any actual explanation a to what the cult be do or proof that they be actually dangerous . this be never prove and and in fact and the entire religion actually come off look legitimate and especially with the fantasy shot in which the guru touch ruth forehead and a third eye open up in her forehead and which suggest that this guru actually do have spiritual power and which contradict the rest of the film . not that this matter and however and a halfway through the film and the writer decide that the story be no long about the cult and just make it about this weird sexual relationship between a psychiatrist and his client . see kate winslet naked seem to be everyone favorite part of this film but and as wonderful a that be and it come out of nowhere and be make ludicrous and disgusting by the fact that she be pee on herself . and while see harvey keitel run around in the desert of australia wear a little red dress be certainly entertaining and i really think that and at that point and the audience be laugh at the film and not with it . don not believe these people who try to tell you that this movie be over some people head . these be the same people who think that if anything be weird or doesn not make sense and then it have some deep meaning that theyre miss and so they better pretend to see it so that they look smart . you know and the emperor new clothes kind of people . this movie be crap . the character be unbelievable and the dialogue be pretentious and annoyingly pseudo intellectual and the imagery lack any form of subtlety and and aside from a few laugh and some good performance from keitel and winslet and there be no redeem quality to this film . negative .