Builds you up then lets you down

Rating: 3/10 (23 April 2008)

This film... as I have been told over and over again "has received great reviews and a ton of awards" and "Everyone loved it". Well not me. I do think that the characters and the way each was portrayed by the excellent cast were compelling, although I see Tommy Lee Jones' character as the weak link. The potential greatness of this VERY dark movie was ruined by the unbelievably awful ending. I know life is not always wrapped up neatly, and I know that sometimes there is just no explanation... but I don't pay for real life and I do pay to be entertained. This did not entertain me and I only thought about it the next day in terms of how annoyed I was... not in terms of a good movie.