Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Be Warned--The Ending's Awful!

I won't go into the ending on the off chance that somebody reading this review hasn't actually seen the movie yet (and will actually want to see it after seeing all the bad reviews it's got). However, the characterization is a mess, the motivations are hidden, the direction is cruel in the amounts it cuts from the storyline. Ashley Judd and Ewan McGregor both give absolutely great performances (you can almost hear Judd pleading behind the scenes with the director, "Can't I give it a little nuance, a smidgen of depth? Please? No? Okay..."). McGregor is one of my favorites and deserves major kudos for doing such a great job with a thankless script. Still, all their hard work doesn't even *begin* to redeem the time I lost watching this ridiculous film. (And, like many other people, I read the book after watching the film. Don't even try--you'll feel ripped off all over again.)