Waaaaay tooo looong and (ouch) painful.

Rating: 1/10 (24 May 2004)

For the first time in my life, I walked out of a theater seriously considering whether I should write to the producer, director, distributor, whomever, to see if they would give me my money back. Multiple times I had considered walking out in the middle, but instead waited to see if there was some payoff in watching it through to the end. There wasn't. And those are hours of my life I will never get back!!! I thought this film contained some very poor acting (with the exception perhaps of Anthony Hopkins -- but even then, it was probably not his best considering the acting quality of those he was working with). Brad Pitt and Claire Forlani were irritating throughout. And, I really didn't understand why this movie had to be so long. Some serious editing might have helped, but even then, I'm not sure if that could have overcome the acting.