Overrated Movies

Rating: 5/10 (14 September 2005)

Anyone else think this film is wildly overrated? Don't get me wrong, I'm a big Mann fan, but this is too long and too self-conscious with some of the most laughable dialogue ever (mostly spoken by Diane Venora, the actress who plays Pacino's wife)Check out the dialogue on the IMDb link if you want a good laugh. Also,the ending is way too sentimental and the whole Waingro/serial subplot should have been left on the cutting room floor. Just wondered if anyone else out there thought this film did not deserve the heaps of praise (Collateral is way better in my opinion) Great Moby track though. Also, how realistic was it to have De Niro and Pacino sit down in a coffee shop for a chat--why not just set in the police station? It would have been more believable--anyway, a pretty good, if flawed film, but certainly no classic. tip. check out John Flynn's The Outfit with Robert Duvall.