One of the worst, most fake movie of 2003

Rating: 1/10 (26 January 2004)

After seeing Mystic River I feel completely fooled by the hype here and in other places.
*SPOILERS*
That was one mediocre movie... The 2 1/2 hours sure felt longer. The beginning wasn't so bad (some good menacing acting by the person playing that cursed pedophile Harry or George), but it dragged like heck. And the cheap maneuvering scenes at the end with Dave's wife were atrocious? Guess it was supposed to all be her fault for not trusting Dave more... Jeez..

And the movie was even lousy in the suspense end too, since it was pretty obvious from the 911 call and the scene in the drugstore (with the handicapped brother tagging along) about who had done the actual killing. And even the tired "kill one's sibling's lover to monopolize" scenario doesn't hold water since it was supposedly a chance encounter on some street near the park (the car ending up riding the curb etc.)

It's pretty bad when child molestation feels like it's being used as a cheap gimmick... (And the shallow artificial soundtrack was pretty bad too. Meshed extremely poorly in many instances.)
I feel very irritated at letting myself being fooled by the hype on this fake manipulative movie. Oscars?!? Give me a break!