Pete Doherty enjoys snog in his highly-panned acting debut

Passion? ... Pete Doherty snogs on screen

PETE Doherty enjoys a sizzling smooch in the trailer for his debut acting role. 

The 33-year-old British rocker received scathing reviews for his performance as a young romantic in Confession Of A Child Of The Century in Cannes earlier this week. 

It marks his first ever foray onto the big screen, but judging by the reaction it should be his last. 

'Bored'? ... Doherty

The promo sees Pete mix up several sex scenes with a generally 'wooden performance'.

He plays a libertine who falls into depression after his mistress (Lily Cole) betrays him.

Womanising role ... Pete Doherty

But the frontman's acting skills have taken a bit of a battering in his first role as a philosophising dandy.

On the red carpet ... Pete in Cannes earlier this week

Critics have called his appearance a "calamitous miscasting" mixed with "mumbled lines" and a "permanently bored expression".

At the premiere ... co-star Lily Cole

They have also said he looks "like he'd rather be somewhere else" for much of the film.

Doh-dgy ... Pete not at his best

Mark Ronson's wife actress Joséphine de La Baume stars alongside Lily and Charlotte Gainsbourg.

No UK release date has yet been set.