Really disappointing. It sounds like it should be a slam dunk - an account of Errol Flynn's romance with Beverly Aadland. You've got so much rich material: the age difference, Flynn disintegrating and dying, Aadland's weird mother who enabled their romance. The cast should be outstanding - Kevin Kline, Dakota Fanning, Susan Sarandon.
But it doesn't work. The movie lacks a point of view - scenes feel rudimentary, they never breathe, there's no little moments/observations and the film needs them. You never get a sense of why Flynn goes for her or her for him.
Kline should be perfect as Flynn, and has some dash, but no Australian edge and lacks the... I guess sadness of the real Flynn He would do better in a better written film. Fanning is flat out bad - she's blank, matter of fact.. she's never believable as Aadland. She never seems to react to anything or be alive.
Susan Sarandon comes off best in part because her character is clearer - she wants her girl to be a star. Probably the film should have been all from her character's point of view or something.
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