Joaquin Phoenix looks like he has just turned up on set after a massive all night session and really cannot be bothered with it all.
His portrayal of Napoleon is terrible.. really not engaging and all over the place... mostly acting like a petulant child, or spoilt little soy boy.
Napoleon was 24 at the Siege of Toulon, Phoenix looks even older than his 49 years... Ridley Scott managed to CGI Oliver Reeds face after he died during the filming of Gladiator... he could have at least tried to make Phoenix look younger at the start of the film.
There is far too much nonsense going on with the story of his time with Josephine, and very little time spent on the rest of his impressive life... I am not surprised that the French largely hated this film.