The City of Final Destination – 5
Five characters of five nationalities in a country estate in Uruguay, struggling over the legacy of a popular one-book author, sounds like the setting for intriguing interpersonal relationships, if not a postmodern Chekhovian roundelay. Unfortunately, only Charlotte Gainsbourg and Anthony Hopkins inhabited their roles in a convincing manner, and too often the acting resembled an early run-through of a tired, very tired, Merchant-Ivory script. The other characters were one-dimensional, the plot was predictable, and the stakes seemed very low indeed.
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