Robin Williams is a total miscast

Rating: Null/10 (23 November 2002)

This movie might have been good, if they hadnt cast Robin Williams as the killer. Robin Williams is completely unbelievable as a killer. The fact that he walks around with a silly smile on his face during the entire film makes it hard to believe him.
When, he tells an excellent Al Pacino how it changed him to kill someone and later on tells him why he killed the girl I could give a rats ass. I dont for a second believe that he killed her. He just looks too much like a nice guy. And he never acts cold or seem dangerous. Not one time in the movie is he scary.
This movie is way too long and the ending is very predictable. Hilary Swank is gorgeous and sexy, which is a nice change, compared to her previous roles. She also acts well. So does the girl who works at the hotel.
Everybody else in the film is superficial and dont support the story in anyway. Pacinos partner Hap is a scumbag from the beginning and you dont even feel sorry for him when he dies.
The town in the film is an excact copy of Twin Peaks, without the scary atmosphere, the show had.
Another thing is, why didnt Pacino just kill Williams right away? That way, he would have solved his problems. And we didnt have to waste two hours of boredom, waiting for Williams whiny, pathetic killer to die.

Why everybody thinks Wiliams is so great, is just beyond me.

They should have cast Edward Norton as the killer instead. He can at least act and look scary when he needs to. He can be dangerous.
Williams is just ridicoulus. He should stick to comedies and stay away from roles he clearly cant handle.