32. Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
A movie that attempts to capture an unreadable mess of a book turns out to be an (almost) unwatchable mess of a movie. It’s a shame, the preview made it look hilarious, and there was the unexpected bonus of Kelly Macdonald, who we like. She, however, like everyone else, had almost nothing to do. I understand making the movie all meandering and poorly structured like the book (very clever, nice work), and there were a couple of chuckles, but 2 laughs and a clever premise do not make an interesting movie. In this case, they make for a pretty dull one.