it was ok, but over rated

Rating: 6/10 (15 March 2004)

This movie is not a bad movie at all, but at the same time it's not a great movie either.
The problem I had with this movie it lags way too long. If the movie was done in quicker pace, I will probably give it a 7/10 or even an 8/10.
The acting was good, but I don't think that Sean Penn deserve to win the Oscar for best actor (Johnny Depp was awesome in Pirates of the Caribbean). Sean Penn is a great actor, but he has done better work with movies in the past. Tim Robbins in the other hand, stole the show from Sean Penn, he did an outstanding job.
This movie was ok, and the acting was done pretty well. But it was too long, and the movie was over rated, and I think it didn't deserve all the attention it got in the Oscars.