Linked to Shark Tale as both are produced by Dreamworks.


I went to see this at the cinema during the weekend. The film is certificated as an 18 because it has outright violence in it, but i thought that it could have been a 15 easily. The violence is not made to look realistic, the only really gory bit is where the lady is thrown in the fire and you have to watch her burn. The certificate should mean a smaller audience as you are looking at adults who also like musical thrillers. i think many cinemas turned a blind eye to this certificate, by letting under 18's into the film. This may be because they knew otherwise they may not get a very big audience.

Overall I was disappointed by this film, although it looked really good; the costumes were beautiful, the use of colours was amazing, the shots were well planned (so it seemed) and it was all in context to the historical time period. The plot was thin, and although this is a Thriller so nothing is supposed to be resolved, the lack of closure on some subjects such as joanna and the sailor, left me feeling as if there should be more to the film. I also felt somewhat cheated by the lack of really catchy songs.
they say that a marketing tool, especially for musicals is to have memorable songs and through people generally singing the songs a certain hype begins to bring in a wider audience. Sadly the songs were not catchy and so there was no hype about the fact it was a musical.
I don't think i'd recommend this film to a friend unless they enjoyed films that were pleasing to the eye but unstimulating for the mind.