My objection to this is not with the story itself, but with the absolute paucity of imagination involved in converting this from play to film.
You can easily count the cinematic moments - the bloody hands, the filter color changes to denote Barrymore's state of mind, the ghostly split-screen compositions...they seem to distract from the 'play' more than they amplify any notions that this is supposed to be a movie. The ideas are not worth studying or seeking out.
I don't give this my lowest rating, which I reserve for those movies that offend in some way. At worst, this is ineffectual.
You can easily count the cinematic moments - the bloody hands, the filter color changes to denote Barrymore's state of mind, the ghostly split-screen compositions...they seem to distract from the 'play' more than they amplify any notions that this is supposed to be a movie. The ideas are not worth studying or seeking out.
I don't give this my lowest rating, which I reserve for those movies that offend in some way. At worst, this is ineffectual.