Blah

Rating: 6/10 (21 February 2010)

I was ambivalent before going into this movie. I read some great reviews on IMDb and I love Leo Dicaprio as an actor so that made me excited to see it. However, I am not a big Scorce fan--I thought "Departed" was overrated--so that made me kind-of leery. Unfortunately, just like "Departed," this movie was overly morbid and the r.o.i (return on investment) was insufficient.
Like others have stated, you keep waiting on the big twist in this movie, but it never comes. I read that this movie is for "smart" people, but not really. It didn't require a lot of thinking at all. If you've ever seen one of the many movies about the criminally insane, then you've pretty much seen this movie already--only chances are this movie is not as good as the ones you saw.
So I fell asleep...and when I woke up only to see that I really didn't miss much--this movie is sooo slow--I tried to make myself go back to sleep again. But to no avail. This movie is a sleeper in the literal sense. It, like "Up in the Air," is over-hyped maybe based on its cast or something. But you will leave with a "what did I just see?" feeling and you'll wonder what more constructive activity you could have been doing for that couple of hours. A real blah of a movie experience. Lift me up (with all the hype) then leave me hanging...just hanging there in thin air waiting...waiting...roll credits. *sigh* My six rating is generous and given mostly because the acting is good. That's about all that's not blah (and even it couldn't save the film.)