Not Worth Watching Twice

Rating: 3/10 (18 July 2005)

I can think of no way to better summarize this movie other than "Not worth watching twice", accept maybe "not worth watching once".
*Spoiler alert* Perhaps the most memorable thing from this movie (other than Morgan Freeman's outstanding performance- the only reason for the "twice" in the summary) Is the fact that the main character is paralyzed for the last 40 minutes of a movie that is barely over 2 hours in length (sans the credits). With a third of the movie left, I felt that Swank's character would most definitely recover, but no, the inactivity lasted for a full 40 min until the boredom made it feel as if I myself was the one stuck paralyzed in a hospital bed.
A typical outstanding performance by Freeman, a mediocre one by Eastwood, and a sappy performance by Swank which I found to be quite lacking, makes up the majority of the cast of what is surely the worst "Best Picture" yet.