Yes, in the DVD extras Sidney Pollock actually admits starting the film without a script and I'm afraid the audience pays the price for that. As others have pointed out, there are some rather unlikely verbal exchanges and plot developments which really should have been ironed out at the 3rd or 4th read-through, but if you don't have a script...
It's quite clever as a concept and might have made a good movie but fails to really involve the viewer in any meaningful way and at the end I just felt - well, whatever. Compare with, say, 'The Constant Gardener' and this falls a long way short.
It's quite clever as a concept and might have made a good movie but fails to really involve the viewer in any meaningful way and at the end I just felt - well, whatever. Compare with, say, 'The Constant Gardener' and this falls a long way short.