Great acting, flawed plot - *warning SPOILERS ahead*

Rating: Null/10 (1 January 2004)

I agree that there were way too many coincidences needed for this movie to make sense, making it all a little hard to swallow. And the script provided no good reason for the murder, yet it seemed to me that the need to stop devoted older brother about to desert would've been an obvious explanation.

I enjoyed the movie nevertheless due to the superb acting, especially by Tim Robbins. I was somewhat put out by the fact that his wife didn't believe in him when she should have yet Penn's wife DID believe in him when in my opinion she should have packed up and left!
Overall worth seeing, but suspend your judgment.