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German director Volker Schlöndorff ( The Tin Drum ) tries his hand at film noir, but most critics say he should stick to "adapting serious literary works" (Jack Mathews, Newsday ). They complain that his film--about an ex-con (Woody Harrelson) who falls for the wife (Elisabeth Shue) of a dying millionaire--overdoes the shadowy lighting and complicated plot twists of the genre.
I'm sympathetic to your complaints about critics who loudly swap opinions at screenings, but I think it's more an issue for you (and Elvis, now) than for me.
Critics agree that the novel lapses at times into "breathless overwriting" (David Wiegland, the San Francisco Chronicle ) but remains "a narrative of considerable ambition and complexity" ( The New Yorker ). (Read an excerpt and an interview with the author here.)
Peppered with wordplay, startling visual imagery, and near misses by the two lovers, the film has only one flaw, according to critics, namely that all the fancy footwork verges on becoming too self-conscious.
For the most part, I have to agree with Alex Ross' contention in "Bogus Nights" that indie films have been overpraised by critics.