Great start, ultra liberal over the top end

Rating: 7/10 (15 March 2014)

I'm all about equality, fairness, respect for mankind, yadda yadda yadda. The performances are all very good. But the film really begins to lose all the realism and impact in the final third. Without ruining the film, we go from hard to limp.... very limp. Realism to Hollywood induced moments, where you know the ultra-liberal writers were all yanking each other saying "oh, this will be a powerful, academy award winning scene."
In the end, Norton's character just isn't believable at all. But what makes it even more flaws is the grand finale, which was disappointing, rushed and forced. It was as if the writers had once again said "we need to inject academy award winning ending." And how unfortunate that it just was entirely ridiculous after all that time. And then there was "the moment" - the academy award winning moment - that only happens in movies.
This film gets a 9 for the very powerful first third, an 8 for a solid middle and a 4 for ruining the entire setup of the first two acts.