'Bel Ami' fails to deliver

Robert Pattinson hones the mournful pout of his vampire from the ‘Twilight’ saga in this tepid adaptation of the 19th century novel by Guy de Maupassant.

He dabbles with the dark side once again, playing an amoral journalist who clambers up the social ladder in Belle Epoque Paris by sleeping with neglected wives and daughters of the men who wield power.