There is not much any actor can do when the story itself is half baked and mind you I am no fan of Mr Cruise. In fact, I think he is the most overrated actor in the business who can only play one role and that is a brain dead hero. He plays that roll well here but Kidman does a great job playing the lusty spoiled brat turned humbled hard working woman. All the other actors were great too. So why a 5/10? The story is trash. Basically, Cruise is Superman and Kidman is the damsel in distress who can do nothing right. The situations that transpire are eye rolling. For example, Cruise is a boxing champion but gets distracted when Kidman is asked to entertain one of the bosses during, you guessed it, the big championship fight. Stuff like that made no sense. 1st the bosses knew she was his sister (or girlfriend) and for people who had so much riding on the match, it seems a bit silly that they would even be thinking about women while men are running running around bloody and topless. Can you imagine getting horny while watching a boxing match? Simply not realistic and pure bathroom break quality writing. The entire movie is like that and its hard to hold back the palm in face reflex.
Review of Far and Away
