Problems

I see two major problems with this film.

1 Samuel Jackson has such expressive eyes that could have been a real asset, but they're lost to us behind those thick, too-narrow horn-rimmed glasses. We only see his eyes from dead ahead. A big mistake, in my opinion.

2 There are too many cross-cuts. It's a film that should be driven - needs to be driven - by its emotional depth. Clearly enough it's not driven by an intricately interwoven plot. Here we frequently see cross-cut sequences where both settings have similar aural backgrounds. It's distracting having the scene switched repeatedly where it's not obvious immediately that the switch has occurred. Staying longer with each individual story thread would let us get more involved in them.