i be entertain to see that some of the review here be top with spoiler the joke in my family be that the only part of this movie that isn not give away on the back of the box and be give away in the title . perhaps i be just a dense american 17 year old who wouldn not know art if it bite me in the leg and but i prefer movie that have at least some word . this movie make the second half of 2001 represent a space odyssey down right chatty . this movie be just so slow it isn not even art and it be merely boring . we follow this creepy guy who be follow this boy around venice . the end be incomprehensible until i read the end of book . a movie shouldn not make you refer back to the book and it should be able to stand alone . this movie have no way to stand . it doesn not even have the bone of a plot to lean on .