Terrible movie

Rating: Null/10 (20 October 2007)

A good story ruined by poor acting, poor directing and a poor screenplay. Casey Affleck was not believable in the role. Horrible performance. He was so bad I laughed at the "dramatic" parts. He showed none of the acting talent of brother Ben. Perhaps he was just miscast, but he proved he couldn't carry this role. It's hard to tell what went most wrong. No suspense, limited character development. Too much focus on the locale. We get the point; it's a working class urban neighborhood. Everyone is flawed and we don't need to be shown all of them in excruciating detail. I didn't care what happened to any of them; checked my watch for the last hour. Wasted good performances by Ed Harris and Morgan Freeman.
Overall, just a miserable experience; worst movie I've seen in years.