Jed (Rhys Ifans) loves Joe (Daniel Craig), who in turn loves Claire (Samantha Morton), who in the way of the world and tragic romances, mostly seems to love herself. Theirs is a roundelay of misunderstanding and bruising... modern disconnection. Based on a novel with exactly the same title, it is a serious film about love, principally its petty cruelties and monstrous disguises. Soft, tender love, the kind that wraps you in comfort and warmth, much less the kind that sends you over the moon, is almost nonexistent in this curious, teary brilliant story.
