Old school Hollywood film making at its best.

Rating: 9/10 (19 October 2012)

I have little to offer that others haven't already.
But this is a movie you can't miss. When I mention "old school Hollywood," I do it with the absolute best intentions. This is such solid film making because you don't SEE the moves the director is making. It just flat out works. This is all about story and characters, not about the director or the DP or the effects. It is a lot like watching a studio system movie from the 40's, when STORY carried the day. And yet, it IS about the director and the DP and the writer -- except that, as I said, it isn't thrown in your face....
Bravo to Affleck for such a precision job that is, at the same time, so emotional....
The only reason it doesn't get a 10 is that is isn't "Dark Victory" or "The Thin Man" :-)