An OK movie with an OK story

Rating: 5/10 (11 July 2003)

My "One line Summary" says it all. It's based on a true story, but the problem is that the true story isn't interesting enough to make a movie out of. I found myself checking my watch in this one. There are some moments that are charming, and I think the casting was good. Leonardo DiCaprio did a good job and I thought Tom Hanks was also pretty good. I do, however, think something is wrong when someone asks you how you liked a movie and all you can think of saying is "well, it's cool that all that stuff really happened". There are a lot of interesting stories that make for great movies. Goodfellas is a great example.