My Blueberry Nights

For some reason thought worthy of opening the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, My Blueberry Nights can be quietly filed away in the 'instantly forgettable' pile. A curiously cast, but perfectly presentable Jones is consoled by Law's café owner after a break-up, and sets off across America, waitressing in bars and restaurants as she goes, and meeting people similarly let down by life and love. Wong brings his usual neon-glazed style and colour to his first English language feature and some of the drama along the way is moderately diverting, particularly Strathairn's cop, who spends his nights getting drunk and waiting for his wife (Weisz) to come back to him. It's mostly a rather drippy affair, however, the relationship between Jones and Law predictable and unengaging. The worst part is, I spent two hours queuing outside in the sweltering heat of the south of France just to see the bloody thing. [Paul Greenwood]