The movie begins well, with Nighy playing a painfully shy government official and Macdonald playing the more forward, but perhaps somewhat socially awkward free-spirit object of his affections. The scenes between the two of them were nice.
As the film progresses, however, the nice tension developed between the two becomes less and less the focus and instead the movie concentrates on a social message that has such a simplistic view of the world that I can't help thinking that it's the naive product of lazy thinking.
I'm perfectly willing to give a positive review to a movie that has a social message, even a movie with a lightweight, ineffective message like this one. But the problem is that the film doesn't really present this message well, and even the nice relationship that is set up in the first half between the two principles descends into a series of unrealistic scenes.
Overall I'm giving this a 6/10, because the first half or so is very strong before it goes into a place which is uninteresting. Also, Nighy and Macdonald do a credible job with what they have, which is very nice at first.
As the film progresses, however, the nice tension developed between the two becomes less and less the focus and instead the movie concentrates on a social message that has such a simplistic view of the world that I can't help thinking that it's the naive product of lazy thinking.
I'm perfectly willing to give a positive review to a movie that has a social message, even a movie with a lightweight, ineffective message like this one. But the problem is that the film doesn't really present this message well, and even the nice relationship that is set up in the first half between the two principles descends into a series of unrealistic scenes.
Overall I'm giving this a 6/10, because the first half or so is very strong before it goes into a place which is uninteresting. Also, Nighy and Macdonald do a credible job with what they have, which is very nice at first.