This movie gets a rating of a 3 by me because of Ian McKellen. His acting and his character are superior to everyone else in this film. I did not like the acting of Ms. Unger nor Ms. Crane. It seems as though they were sleepwalking. Also, the movie's score was incredibly annoying and downright intrusive. This is how the score was: 4 to 7 notes on the piano, 3 to 11 notes on the cello, repeat and repeat and repeat. Do you get the picture? I cannot tell you how many times I had to mute the sound on my player because I could not take any more of this mind bending tedious music. Also, I did not like how the director set up the flashback sequences. I noticed that on the DVD special features section he felt it was really creative. However, I felt that it just gave Mr McKellen more screen time. Also, it was equally not compelling to cast the mother and daughter in other roles for the flashback sequences. I was so confused and exasperated with this director. The other reason I am giving this movie a 3 is because it was wonderful to see Vancouver and British Columbia for all its beauty. Well, if you want to watch this film and you're sensitive to music, I would suggest you do the same that I did. Simply put, press mute when you see a lot of sequences where there's no talking because you can bet your bottom dollar that horrendous score is going to be creeping into your ears.
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