August was an incredibly dry humored romance film that seemed as if it would never end. The main plot consisted of everyone being in love with some one they couldn?t be with and being bored with life. The storyline was very thin and the bulk of the film was very repetitive to the point that it was no longer
entertaining after about twenty minutes. The main highlight of this film was a drunken Anthony Hopkins (Silence of the Lambs) who paraded around as a bored rich Englishman, chasing a woman he couldn?t have. The direction, also Hopkins, was borderline questionable as was the acting by an ensemble cast that pushed its chemistry. There were some rather humorous parts but they were so few and far between that it doesn?t make up for the other faults of the film. Bottom line is if you are a romance fan, rent something else.
February 10, 2009
