A Typical Holltywood Treatment

Rating: 5/10 (4 October 2015)

Why the black and white bad guys and good guys. Very typical of the director Ron Howard, brought up in Hollywood himself so understandable.
This story has been told so many times (I coulda been a contedah!) and this is one of the worst efforts.
I do like Russell Crowe and here he's left with very little to work with apart from the reader's digest version of emotions - depressed, angry or cheerful. In that order over and over again.
Renee, with her lovely old face, squeaks her way through. It's just me but I find her voice grating, like a 4 year old with laryngitis.
A good guy without any flaws can be incredibly boring and a decent man (Max) portrayed as such a clown must be very hurtful for his family.
I like the Toronto locations and I did like the documentary footage which was a plus on the DVD.
5 out of 10. Forgettable.