Yawn....

Rating: 4/10 (5 October 2005)

Watchinig a movie about a reporter trying to bring down a public official is about as exciting as watching bread rise. You know the plot, you know the ending, and this 'theme' has been done over and over and over and over and over again. Can't Clooney do another Attack of the Killer Tomatoes? Now that was original. Stupid, but original. To pay upward of 9 clams to see this in the theater is ridiculous. Wait for the HBO presentation in 1 year. I can guarantee that the ending, written by history 50 years ago, will not change. The movie pacing is slow also. Where is the new drama of the situation or are we just regurgitating? They redid Bewitched. They remade War of the Worlds. If Clooney is going to stop acting and start following in the footsteps of Clint Eastwood by writing and directing, the least he can do is something unique to get our money.