Terrible

Rating: 1/10 (18 November 2006)

I will never understand how this movie could beat out The Aviator, Sideways, or Finding Neverland for Best Picture. And once again Martin Scorsese got snubbed at the Oscar's losing out to Clint Eastwood, who directed this style-less picture. This movie is so cliché and all of the tear-jerker nonsense feels very artificial. The word artificial, I think, sums up this movie very well. Clint Eastwood just isn't a very good director. I will say though, that Morgan Freeman is excellent in this picture. Although, if you want to see a great Freeman film, go and check out the Shawshank Redemption, where he lost out to Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump. Another movie that is totally artificial.