Textbook: A great movie that could have been.

Rating: 4/10 (27 August 2005)

Quite frankly - Jolie, Pitt, tens of millions of Dollars, and even a cute story (despite the lack of any kind of solution at all...), and this movie is the result of the effort? I am surprised not more people seem to be disappointed. My initial reaction was that someone in the screening room should have sent them back to the editing room with an editor who has a better feel for rhythm. Don't get me wrong, this movie isn't bad. It's even fun to watch if you aren't constantly concerned with how much better it could have been. Example? Just think of their dancing scene... it is sterile. One of the most passionate moments in the film, and there is no passion at all visible - it's not bad acting, it's bad editing, in my impression. And this is what I felt all the way through the movie - starting in the psychiatrist's practice... there was no rhythm, no groove, something was missing that could have been there. Their fight at home? It was their way of dancing, and I think it was possible to see Pitt and Jolie attempt to, yet we could see Pitt inelegantly kicking Jolie lying on the floor... just one of the many images in line with what made this a great movie that could have been.