Not really worth watching

Rating: 4/10 (18 February 2008)

I found this film to not really be worth watching. It wasn't god awful, just slightly below mediocre.
First off, I should state that I don't really enjoy the thriller genre all that much, so there's a chance this film was simply lost on me. However, having said that, I still feel it's not a very good movie.
This film is rough going from the get-go. The plot and characterization are fairly clunky. It seemed to me like the first third of the movie consisted of Casey Affleck walking around Boston trying to prove how "down" he was with the primarily blue-collar denizens of Southie (or whatever the hell). This was pretty laughable to me. I just couldn't take this skinny dork seriously in the role of street-savvy tough guy. I also found it hard to believe that the real police would give this private eye the time of day, let alone cooperate with him fully and involve him in their investigation. It just didn't ring true somehow. Consequently I was never really able to suspend disbelief and actually get into this movie.
Fast forward to an hour or so later: I awaken on the couch glad that this movie is over and with no interest whatsoever in how it turned out. Better luck next time Affleck(s).