The Last Station

I love James McAvoy. LOVE him. Admittedly Wanted was a bit shit, but even in that, he managed to be utterly delightful. Similarly in The Last Station, he's about as good as the film gets. It's based on Tolstoy's final year, and, well, it's just a bit boring. There's nothing wrong with it as such, the acting is mostly lovely (Anne-Marie Duff, Helen Mirren, yes, Kerry Condon, no), but the script is just a bit weak. I came out of it thinking what to think, which is never a good sign. A worse one is that the only thing I could come up with was 'meh'. It's not the worst film I've ever seen this year, but it's certainly the most average.