Not bad...

Rating: Null/10 (4 June 1999)

In general, this movie is very good. Boston (and Cambridge) are faithfully rendered; this movie brings across the feel of these places very well. The acting was pretty good, and the dialogue was great. I only have one complaint about this movie, and it's a big one: this movie is very predictable. I don't think there was a single plot point that didn't telegraph itself a good half hour ahead of time. The plot has as many twists and turns as the highway between Fort Worth and Dallas. But if you don't mind predictability, you'll probably like this movie a lot.
Kudos on a minor point. Being a kind of amateur linguist, and a native of Boston's northern suburbs, I've often noticed how badly movies and television shows misrepresent the distinctive Boston accent. Well, this movie got it right for the most part. My compliments to the dialect coach. (Robert Easton didn't have anything to do with this, did he?)