Star rating: ***
Dir: John Maybury
With: Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Matthew Rhys, Cillian Murphy

John Maybury's wartime drama, which received its world premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival a week ago, now limps forth on general release. It's a slight tale about the friendship between Dylan Thomas, his childhood friend Vera (Keira Knightley), and wife Caitlin (Sienna Miller) that's alternately lovely to look at and rather dreary. The first half, set in London during the Blitz, has all the goodies, while the second, in deepest Wales, sends the picture to sleep. Not quite a wet weekend in Llandudno, but no Dublin mini-break either.