 It glories in brooding vengeance, fatal flaws of character, coincidence and deep morality.Its plot is so labyrinthine that it constitutes the movie's major weakness; can we follow this convoluted emotional journey?Its passions are so large that they are a challenge to actors trained in a realistic tradition, but Hurt, who has the most difficult passages, rises to the occasion with one of the strangest and most effective performances he has given."