Pretty good at first.

Rating: 7/10 (8 February 2020)

The first act was very promising for this film. It is structured to seem as though Dave was the one who killed Katie, but it was too obvious to be him. As the film goes on, Jimmy figures it was Dave who killed, right as Sean finds out it was two kids who did it on accident. The fact that Jimmy doesn't show any remorse for killing Dave after realizing it wasn't him is what made this movie into not as good as it should've been.
Sean Penn and Tim Robbins give great performances, certainly worthy of the Oscars they received. Although the writing could've been better. I feel that the last 20 minutes of the film dragged out and introduced the wives way too late. The backstory for these characters was obviously there, but it wasn't adequate to show their relationship thoroughly.
As I said before, this film was great for the first two acts, as it was a nice mystery to follow, but the ending fell flat in comparison to the rest of the film. Above average film, but not good enough to be considered top tier. 7/10