Decent Movie

Rating: 8/10 (21 June 2004)

Interesting movie, although I think it was given a little too much hype for it's quality. Penn, Robbins, Harden and for that matter Bacon did a good job in portraying their characters, but I really couldn't see the "Outstanding" performance praise given to Sean Penn. He played a character not so different from 95% of the roles he plays. Pretty stereotypical role for him - angry, bad guy. So what's new? Robbins played the quiet, nervous, edgy guy - I think he's played that part before. I don't think any of the actors really went farther than giving a good solid performance. Isn't that the reason for Academy Award nominations? Just about worth the $ 2.50 it cost me to rent it. Certainly not worth the $ 8 or $9 some people opted to pay to go to the theater.