Oh well, one always hopes to be dazzled by anything Ewan McGregor puts his enormous and gifted talents to with few exceptions, we are always pleased. Nevertheless, Solid Geometry is atypical in its storyline and approach to direction, thus the production is a muddle of many directions and mismatched stories.McGregor's uncle, mentor, director, the talented Denis Lawson weaves his story of a young man obsessed with the dusty journals of a departed great grandfather into a postmodern H.P. Lovecraft-style story. This is fine and easy to follow as the character McGregor plays is a rather yuppie shallow sort with a cute wife, good job, and not much going on upstairs. However, once he uncovers the journals and a jar containing a preserved p*#is, the web begins to draw in this loose at ends fly.Lawson's direction of his nephew is relaxed and the relationship is obvious in McGregor's character development of Phil. McGregor's acting at times seems to be on automatic pilot for he seems to forget to act. Rather than melting into character, the character melts into the actor. Lawson should have urged the actor to take more charge of his role.Perhaps more problematic is why we should care about the faltering relationship between Phil and his wife, Maise. She is an underdeveloped character suffering the ultimate end as a guinea pig to her distracted and cold husband. But, when Phil's libido returns, she and WE are delighted to be treated to a voyeuristic romp in the hay with Phil and Masie. Lawson's overhead camera work in the bedroom love scenes will have Ewan McGregor fans panting for more.Butt, or no -- Solid Geometry is uneven, in need of editing, and maybe a wee bit more direction than either McGregor or Lawson has presented. Not bad, just not solid.

An intriguing plot with a real twist. Does Masie wind up in the desert of babies I wonder? I really though he was going to have the guts to go visit for himself, evil sod. I loved the motif of the origami flower which had the precision of Western mathematics and the beauty of Easter mysticism. Very like the kind of thing you see Buddha sitting in before he rises to a new dimension.Anyone interested in reading some freaky stuff on higher-dimensional mathematics could do no better than picking up a copy of Rudy Rucker's The Fourth Dimension. When you get your head round the fact that left and right handedness is purely subjective and visualising hypercubes you'll enjoy this film on a whole new level. Happy exploring.

Oh dear. What exactly was this all supposed to be about? Just because something doesn't make sense doesn't automatically make it profound (or even interesting.)While this may have worked as a short story, this production was frankly terrible- the acting was amazingly stilted and the dialogue just amateurish. Ewan McGregor can certainly do better, and everyone concerned should forget about this as soon as possible.1 out of 10

Channel 4 ran endless teaser trailers for this unique and compelling programme. Directed by Dennis Lawson (famous for his role as tie-fighter 'Wedge' in all three original STAR WARS MOVIES) this short film follows Ewan McGregor's life changing experiences and discent into almost madness.This begins to esculate with the discovery of his Grandfathers old diaries. These are full of unusual tales and resolutions, which Ewan McGregor is asked to edit for his late Grandfather from beyond the grave.Before long McGregor gets so wrapped up in the diaries that he begins to ignore and resent his girlfriend.Half-way in to the story, McGregor reads of how his Grandfather created a devise which can send a human being into another dimension or something similar (either i missed something or its left for you decide).It's impossible to say anymore without spoiling it for those who haven't seen it.I didn't go to any special effort to watch this film, but i am very glad that (by chance) i did.It was shot in a unique style and grabbed my attention right till the end.I often judge how good a film is by how much i think or talk about it afterwards, with this in mind i must of really enjoyed it!Really worth a viewing if you get the chance, just to have a chat about in the pub, if nothing else...