Flashbacks of a Fool

'Flashbacks of a Fool' could touch anybody’s heart with its good-simple storyline coupled with the stunning locations.

This psycho-drama has Daniel Craig (the current James Bond) in the role of Joe Scott, a faded movie star in a sea of joyless sex and drugs.

In the first half we have the flashbacks of Joe, as a 15-year-old boy growing up in an English village and experiencing rites of puberty - mooning over his first love and then discovering the joys of sex with a housewife next door.

Director Baillie Walsh then enters the emotional game by knitting the loose ends of the characters’ lives.

As you may expect, grown-up Joe revisits his old home, so you can be sure he will not let lust take over him again this time. Real love rules, right?

The film boasts of terrific sound and performances of the actors are convincing.

But the plot feels rather blunt, never quite sticking to the mark as the script tries to sermon on every aspects of life.

The film is provocative and thoughtful even though it is not convincingly strong enough to make you a convert
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English (A)
Cast: Daniel Craig, Harry Eden, Eve, Olivia Williams, Jodhi May, Helen McCrory
Director: Baillie Walsh