For two hours, Haggis' three loosely connected stories are moderately entertaining if a little heavy handed at times. And then the filmmakers perform a narrative twist that is hinted at during the film and may well come across as structurally "clever." Unfortunately, it has the effect of erasing any emotional investment in two of the stories and the characters therein and serves only to annoy. It is a narrative cheat the ruins what was a reasonably watchable film, robbing the actual resolution of any particular emotional heft - by this point most people will have checked out.
Shout by Simon MasseyVIP 11BlockedParent2014-11-12T20:07:21Z
For two hours, Haggis' three loosely connected stories are moderately entertaining if a little heavy handed at times. And then the filmmakers perform a narrative twist that is hinted at during the film and may well come across as structurally "clever." Unfortunately, it has the effect of erasing any emotional investment in two of the stories and the characters therein and serves only to annoy. It is a narrative cheat the ruins what was a reasonably watchable film, robbing the actual resolution of any particular emotional heft - by this point most people will have checked out.