with such flat-lining and repetitive scenes dominating, two hours is far too long to make an audience wait for a payoff that is hardly about to save the film from its own stasis and dramatic flatness
it's hard enough watching these two talented actors play blanks who have no chemistry with each other, but the effort seems especially pointless when we learn the root of their problems
I'm sick to death of films that treat past tragedies like twist endings - instead of exploring emotions like mature adults, their creators simply kick all that to the conclusion and pretend all the cryptic, shallow posturing had a purpose
everyone and everything here is gorgeous, in the way of certain European art-house films from 50 years ago...But Jolie Pitt, who also wrote and directed, shows a lot of skin (her own and her cast's) without ever really getting under it
