DR RATING 4/10
Based on the 1983 book of the same title, Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin. With all the makings of a classic fantasy romance, this picture fell massively short of its goals even with hiring A Beautiful Mind screenwriter Akiva Goldsman as director. Goldman couldn't support it or make it any better. With what is a seemingly all star cast, Russell Crowe plays another frustrating 'bad guy' with the worst Irish accent imaginable, someone needs to tell that guy to work on his accent, maybe Colin Farrell? Though his exposure to his native tongue may have declined in recent years due to his Hollywood stardom. Farrell was not at his best though, not quite as bad as the 2004 film Alexander, where Farrell played Alexander the Great in one of the worst movies of that year. The only credit I could give to the movie is the set design was on point, beautiful and fantastical it sets up the tone of the movie nicely. It really is such a pity that the direction and dialogue was so terrible. I'm struggling to think who would genuinely watch and enjoy this movie. Needless to say, it was terribly disappointing but at least not all hope was lost with Goldsman. He went on to write 2007's I Am Legend and let's hope his adaptation of Veronica Roth's Insurgent is a success.
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