Melodramatic and over-the-top work of fiction

First off - a great performance by Dominic Cooper. But the script? Leaving aside that it appears this is pretty much a work of fiction (http://www.edcaesar.co.uk/article.php?article_id=55), I found this whole affair too black-and-white, over-the-top and melodramatic. What is more, the heroics and romance were utterly unconvincing and felt out of place.

The director Lee Tamahori said this was a "gangster movie". I would go further than that and say: "A made-for-TV gangster movie."

This is a shame because the story of a body double in Saddam's regime (whether historically accurate or not) is intriguing. As a reviewer has said: "Cooper's outstanding performance(s) deserved better."

Thoughts?