Decent at best and getting over rated

Rating: 6/10 (18 June 2005)

Not much for me to really say here. I do not like Ron Howard as a director. I find his style to border on "emotional manipulation" What I mean is that there always has to be a "good guy" and a "bad guy" in his films. Also, He is most unfair to Max Bear, portraying him as a type of lunatic Mr.T ala Rocky 3.
Basic story told over and over many times.
"Once a great talent, had bad luck, down in the dumps, 2nd chance, makes good." Howard, as I have said before, just goes out of the way to manipulate an audience with stereo-typical "ok now I am going to pull at your heartstrings". Howard's movies for me just do not flow and seem once again, "force manipulated".
Overall not a bad movie and the acting is great, but this film rating in at 8.2 is way too high.
This over rating could be explained by the lack of good films being released today.
6 to 7 at best. Peace