Could have been better with more effort

Rating: 8/10 (11 August 2004)

Effort: C+ Some conversations on the phone were not done well, with the audience waiting and waiting for something to be said. It was painful. Poor screenwriting is to blame for that. The shooting scenes were not at all into the school of realism, but Tom Cruise is great. Too many unreal scenes. It was exciting, but it was also annoying at times. The whole premise is unreal. The person behind me in the theatre said at the end, "Thank God it's over." I didn't feel that way, but I was intellectually numb as the credits started rolling. I didn't feel cheated, but I didn't feel great about the experience either. It was both good and bad. It's a 7.