THE KREUTZER SONATA REVIEW AND TRAILER

The Kreutzer Sonata reunites them on another low-budget, digitally shot, Tolstoy-inspired tale of emotional crisis. You have to admire their persistence as this is a turgid journey through the banalities of a failing Beverly Hills marriage, marginally enlivened by the haughty grandeur of Huston's central performance as an obsessively jealous husband.

There's a flavour of a Forties Warner Brothers melodrama, as the film begins with Edgar (Huston) collapsing, his hand covered in blood as he wearily calls for an ambulance. A succession of flashbacks then charts his marriage to pianist Abby (Elisabeth Rohm) and his irrational suspicion of handsome violinist Aidan (Matthew Yang King) when he arrives to rehearse for a charity concert.

It's all overwrought and unpersuasive.

(Cert 18; 99mins)

VERDICT 2/5