Well Done

Rating: 9/10 (21 June 2002)

To be completely honest, i am not a very good film critic. I go into movies with the hopes that i will be entertained, not that i will gain an entirely new worldview out of watching a large screen for two hours.
With that in mind, this was an excellent film. I went into it with high expectations because the idea was one that could have been taken pretty far, and the idea WAS taken far, at least far enough for my tastes. Matt Damon gave another convincing performance, proving to me that all of his appeal is not wrapped up in the fact that girls think he is hot. Franka Potente was also excellent, i was somewhat surprised that she spoke english so well (wasn't she the girl in Run Lola Run?) Anyways, the only character that was horribly miscast was Julia Styles. Wow... that could have nearly ruined the movie for me. She was just so very wrong for her part. Apparently the people who cast her were under the impression that Matt Damon being in a movie made it a teenage chic flick, the only kind Styles is suited for.
Overall, this movie was very well made and i would have given it a 10 if not for... yea. * 8.5/10 *