Pete Doherty at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival
The film, also starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lily Cole was shown to the world's press at the Cannes film festival over the weekend and got a universal thumbs down.
In the film, Doherty plays Octave, a young romantic who falls into depression and debauchery after discovering his mistress (Cole) is unfaithful. It is his first foray into acting and according to the reviews, it should also be the last.
The Guardian labeled Doherty's performance in the film as "shambling amateurism" while Screen Daily said that Doherty delivers "a wooden performance" in "a turgid adaptation".
The Hollywood Reporter was a bit kinder, but only in that they chose to blame the film's director Sylvie Verheyde rather than Doherty. They wrote: "It;s hard to recall an actor looking more uncomfortable on screen," but adds, "it was perhaps too much to expect a first-timer to shoulder a demanding lead."
Cine Vue called Doherty "a sixth former who hasn't learnt his lines for drama class" and he "joins a long line of successful musicians and pop stars who have become truly awful actors."
Pete Doherty is performing at this year's T In The Park which is taking place July 6-8 in Balado Park, Kinross.
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