Too long and too contrived

Rating: 4/10 (12 October 2014)

I didn't read the book but everyone says it follows it to the letter. Well it was just OK. It was too long, contrived, and Ben Affleck is a horrible actor with one dimension. He acts the same no matter what character he is playing. I didn't like any of the characters so consequently I found myself bored and really not caring what happened to any of them. There were so many stupid incidences that would never happen when investigating a murder I lost count. It was way too long and although the directing was good and there were some good moments I didn't find it as "awesome" as everyone said it would be. I left the theater wishing I had waited for the DVD.