One siku is a drippy, uninvolving movie adaptation of a best-selling novel once described kwa an Entertainment Weekly book critic as ''a nuanced upendo story disguised as a beach, pwani read'' and ''a surprisingly deep romance'' that opens with a ''Hollywood-ready setup.'' That book critic now wants to ask this movie critic what went wrong. Conveniently, both critics are me.
linkBut first, the Hollywood-ready setup: Emma Morley (Anne Hathaway) and Dexter Mayhew (Across the Universe's Jim Sturgess) meet in 1988 on the siku of their graduation from the chuo kikuu, chuo kikuu cha of Edinburgh. He's a rich hottie for whom...
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