Cinema: Felicia's Journey

She (Elaine Cassidy) is an Irish girl come to Birmingham, England, to find the guy who left her pregnant. He (Bob Hoskins) is a caterer with an eye, and a knife, for the ladies. In this sort-of comedy about a serial killer and his next intended, the only thing pushing the plot is relentless coincidence--a movie this implausible shouldn't be this dull--and a very aggressive score that tells you what you would have felt if the film (from the director of The Sweet Hereafter) had been made with more passion and craft. Only Hoskins rises above the dankness. His malevolence is fastidious, wistful; he's a sadist with a schoolboy's heart.

--By Richard Corliss

Quotes of the Day »

Get & Share
ESFANDIAR RAHIM-MASHAIE, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's head of staff, after five British sailors were detained for drifting into Iranian waters
For use in rail of Articles page or Section Fronts pages. Duplicate and change name as necesssary to distinguish.

Time.com on Digg

POWERED BY digg

Quotes of the Day »

Get & Share
ESFANDIAR RAHIM-MASHAIE, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's head of staff, after five British sailors were detained for drifting into Iranian waters

Stay Connected with TIME.com