Very good technically, but depressing.

Rating: 3/10 (12 November 2005)

The production values and acting in this movie are very good. As always, Cliff does a great directing job. The range of emotion shown by the actors is very wide, and Sean Penn has an especially difficult and complex role which he pulls off very well.
The reason I gave this movie a 3, is that when I rate movies it is not just for a comment on the 'crafting' itself, which would have given this movie a high rating. I rate movies on their value to me personally, and whether they have enhanced my view of life, and had a positive impact on me as a human being on a 'gut' level.
This movie is not how I view life at all, and I found it to be very depressing------one of those movies I wish I had not seen overall. In other words, I did not find it edifying.