The main thought I had all through this movie is, "Why did they bother?"
It is one of those pictures that has you frequently looking at your watch, and hoping that something interesting will happen, or a character will appear that is worthy of your attention and of the time you've already spent (wasted?) watching it. The uninteresting main character, Quoyle, played excellently by Kevin Spacey, sort of muddles through life, letting things happen to him without protest.
Spoiler Alert!
After his looney slut of a wife dies, he and his somewhat bratty daughter go off with his dykey long absent aunt to what apparently is one of the most unpleasant and God-forsaken places on Earth. There they occupy the decrepit old family house and Quoyle meets the local schoolmarm, played by the ever-boring plain-jane Julianne Moore.
No character but Quoyle is really developed, and he is found to be a total void. Makes one feel guilty for wasting a breath of one's life watching this heartless dreck.
It is one of those pictures that has you frequently looking at your watch, and hoping that something interesting will happen, or a character will appear that is worthy of your attention and of the time you've already spent (wasted?) watching it. The uninteresting main character, Quoyle, played excellently by Kevin Spacey, sort of muddles through life, letting things happen to him without protest.
Spoiler Alert!
After his looney slut of a wife dies, he and his somewhat bratty daughter go off with his dykey long absent aunt to what apparently is one of the most unpleasant and God-forsaken places on Earth. There they occupy the decrepit old family house and Quoyle meets the local schoolmarm, played by the ever-boring plain-jane Julianne Moore.
No character but Quoyle is really developed, and he is found to be a total void. Makes one feel guilty for wasting a breath of one's life watching this heartless dreck.