Nicole Kidman was great as the cleaning woman with lots of issues. Although she has played troubled women before, I think this was the darkest role I’ve seen her in and she was captivating. Gary Sinise and Ed Harris were both solidly good, but Wentworth Miller was more impressive. I have never watched Prison Break, but his performance here, which ranges from charming to sympathetic to villainous, was enough to make me a fan.

My main problem was with Anthony Hopkins, who started out strong and then quickly fizzled as the story unfolded. I think he was seriously miscast and didn’t seem to be making much of an effort. I guess a man who reinvented himself so drastically could also decide that his new persona would have an English accent, but he also just seemed emotionally detached.

I think I’ll check out the book because the story was very interesting, even though the racial backbone was overshadowed by the love triangle.