Entertaining, but melodramatic

Rating: 7/10 (22 June 2011)

Found the premise and exploration of the possible conspiracies fascinating, but aside from Costner and Sanders, the performances are over dramatized. While most of the film is entertaining, a lot of scenes push the whole "you cant imagine scope of what's happening", a bit too far. I would imagine a lot of the witness accounts were heavily exaggerated to promote the idea of a cover up. I wish they could have kept it more about the case and shortened it a bit, because the whole conflict on him being too absorbed in the case causing him to become distant with his family was a bit painful to watch. Also, maybe in that generation and part of the country, they do freak out when you question the government, but I found the younger guy's reaction in that meeting a bit over-done. So, all in all a good movie, which could have been better. Also, I think Joe Pesci only knows one level of acting, which is be as angry as possible.