Overrated

Rating: 5/10 (9 April 2006)

With all the positive press this film was getting, I was really looking forward to this movie. What a mistake on my part. "Inside Man" is above average at best. Where are the problems? 1. The "twist" ending. We sat there for more than 2 hours, and then we see this weak-ass twist? 2. Great cast, but horrible performances. Especially by the great Jodie Foster, who has this smirk on her face for the entire picture, and I have absolutely no idea why. 3. Just about everybody spoke in such a clever, heightened, but completely unrealistic way that I thought I was watching John Hughes' "Some Kind of Wonderful," the absolute record-holder in that category.
With the dreck that came out in 2005 and now this, I've finally realized that the vast majority of movie reviewers are shills for the film industry, who tout and "root" for films that just aren't very good. Why it took me so long to come to this realization just shows how naive I was.