I really enjoyed Denholm Elliott's performance in this film. He's so bitter and gnarled up that his outbursts are brilliant and quite funny.
Obviously the sick manner of the story is the same as the Play for Today, it's delivered well if not as successful as the TV version, although I've not seen that version for a long time so maybe the memory cheats a little.
Nothing wrong with Stings performance in this film but he he just didn't have the screen presence for me to completely convince.
I enjoyed this film more than I expected and it's good to see it get a repeat here in the UK on London Live channel.
7/10.