Fantastic acting from start to finish, great script. Damn good!!

Rating: 9/10 (10 November 2008)

This may be the first Brad Pitt/George Clooney team up that has not been schlock formula garbage for the guaranteed female draw. This movie is rich with great actors and good performances all around. We are introduced to the characters first before things start rolling, and I was wondering at first why the movie was spending time on the girl at the gym, but then as the plot unfolds- you are glad you had that scene.
PLOT: A CIA man is let go due to political witch hunting and returns home to a cold abusive wife. Unemployed, he endures the pathetic hell that is an unemployed married man under the roof with an employed wife. However, his woes don't end there- there could be some CIA on his tail? All the classic marriage strife is there along with SEVERAL plot lines that make you go.. hey... who is that guy and why is he following them? Things pick up a bit when some government agencies get involved as well, it's not a stupid Hollywood action flick- this is a smart movie, and very well written and the way the story unfolds is artistic, not autistic like most Hollywood crap. The characters are well developed and memorable.