This arthouse film starring Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson and Matthias Schoenaerts felt longer than its actual running time of two hours. About two thirds of the way in I was thinking, ok, something interesting needs to happen very soon!
Swinton is an ageing Bowie-type rock star who is taking a break in the Mediterranean to recover her voice, Schoenaerts her boyfriend with his own demons to run away from. Fiennes is her former producer and lover, who comes to visit their beautiful holiday locale with his daughter, played by Johnson. Or is she his daughter?
My need for something interesting to happen was indeed satisfied which certainly helped reignite my interest in the story and its characters but ultimately I didn't love this. Definitely didn't hate it, but can't say I'd recommend you rush out for it. If you have arthouse-y taste, you will probably like it more than a once-or-twice-a-year-blockbuster-watching punter.
A three star review from The Daily Mail here.
Trailer here. In cinemas 24 March.