Horrible Movie - Shallow Characters, Poor Writing/Acting/Directing

Rating: 1/10 (17 February 2008)

Reading Ben Affleck's name should have been enough to convince me to put this movie back on the shelf, however, Morgan Freeman's name convinced me to rent it. The story line of this movie was a great idea, however, horrible writing, shallow characters, third rate acting and cliché/elementary/hokey directing contributed to this being the worst movie I have ever seen. In high school I took and introductory to photography class. I went home and took pictures of lawn ornaments and sunshine through the window. My first efforts at photography in no way constitute art. Likewise, images of religious statues and scenes of sunshine pouring through a car window on 'Helene' fall far short of the artistic merit that a movie bearing Morgan Freeman's name should include. Casey Affleck is better suited for a Disney Movie or an after-school special playing a Hardy Boy. His phony accent and forced tough-guy persona were ridiculous.