Long Pregnant Pauses - A Movie For The Pro-Choice Movement

Rating: 6/10 (20 September 2007)

Was this movie interesting and well acted? Yes - though Affleck...well he played Affleck...just slower, and a tad creepier. Was it beautifully shot, sucking you in with a unique visual style? Yes. Was it too long? Yes.
Never has one viewer been so happy to hear the words... "The day before Jesse James died was Palm Sunday." That means the end is near folks.
...and to be fair - the best parts of the film, and Affleck's acting, were to follow. It seems some of the more interesting aspects of this story - the richer fodder for a visual medium that requires a viewer to remain seated while drinking a soda the size of a small baby - were compressed into the post-James dying portion of the film.
Honestly - we know who killed him, can't you get us to the why a little quicker, and show us more about the after-effects? Sam Rockwell was awesome - perhaps the best performance in the film.