Gone B side

Rating: 4/10 (8 June 2008)

This seems to be a Clint Eastwood wannabe movie. The Affleck's don't cut it though. OK, the principal character is supposed to be a young looking 31 but for x's sake he's incredibly dim for someone that age. Unfortunately, the story is revealed from his point of view so the viewer is left in the dark and can only pick holes in the story as told until it is eventually revealed that, no, they are not mistaken, the story teller is the dim one. This makes for very unsatisfactory viewing. The dialogue is often incoherent. Affleck's inability to move his lips when speaking doesn't exactly help. Freeman does the best with the material he is given but the film is already a dummy. He can't save it (or the baby). A shame really as potentially there is a lot to work with. Give this one a miss and wait for something better.