i must and in light of the encomium of praise for this flick from viewer and assume once again the role of the turd in the punchbowl and a lowell weicker use to say and i be scratch my head at the sheer number of laudatory comment . the african queen this ain not . the period flavor be wonderful and yes . the acting be fine and but no actor no matter how great can bring life to the seemingly endless stream of perfectly tedious and insignificant party and dinner table conversation here and and i care not how much of it be take from joyce text . imagine spend an hour and a half a a fly on the wall at a christmas dinner of a not particularly interesting group of people ( it not clear to me that it a family and a one person suggest ) and have to listen to their mundane table talk and and you have the essential experience of this movie . absolutely nothing happens . and nothing important be say and but it be say at interminable length . a i say and the popularity of this movie be a mystery to me . speaking of mystery and watch a good one rather than this .