Jonathan rhys meyers

I disagree. I absolutely loathed him in this movie. His looks were undermined by his stiff acting. I thought he was just a horrible actor, but after seeing him in a few other things I realize he's actually quite good. I wonder why he was so awful in this movie. Was it the director?

Over 2 years later but I absolutly agree!!!

My view of Rhys-Meyers' performance was that he showed his depth and in some sense stole the show. What troubled me was that (perhaps because of his performance) the film-makers made the ending too abrupt. Since it was difficult not to loathe his character, that character's presumed transformation went almost unnoticed by the audience (at least the way I saw it) and for that reason it was hard for me to understand how he could be forgiven. There wasn't enough to suggest any real sense that he asked for it, or more importantly payed due penance for his affronts.

Which, while I'm at it, I thought the dining room scene in which George laid out his presumably objectionable position in front of Morgan, and the resulting dampening of an otherwise festive occasion seemed to be forced. I think the major reason for this is the deficiencies of Bruce Greenwood, who played Morgan. I don't think he quite pulled it off, though he does present the character's magnanimous nature fairly well. There just wasn't enough of this and it made the final scene more difficult to identify with.

James

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