I was keen to see it, mainly because of Caine, but also because I'm growing to like Graham Greene. Also, I was interested to see Brendan Fraser in a straight role - he was good in Gods and Monsters, and most people seem to forget he was ever in anything other than goofy comedies and blockbusters.
Sadly, it just wasn't playing anywhere around here. Even the local arthouse cinema seemed to pass over it, which is a sad state of affairs indeed. It's as if the wrangling over its release after 9/11 tainted it with a sort of damaged-goods smell, in the same way that the decades-long production of Gangs of New York was probably responsible for that movie's solid-but-not-great box office performance.
If Miramax have any sense, they'll give it a limited reissue a la Wonder boys to capitalise on the Oscar nominations.
Perfume V - he tries, bless him.
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