Good but not worth it's ridiculous $150 million production budget.

Rating: 8/10 (12 March 2009)

I found this film to be very enjoyable. With an interesting storyline, a strong cast, and it's enormous budget, it had a lot going for it. For me, the highlight of the film was Taraji P. Henson. I'm not familiar with any of her other work but she delivered her comedic lines flawlessly and rightfully deserved that Oscar nomination this year. Brad Pitt on the other hand, maybe it's just because I'm not a Pitt fan but he was just, whatever. He played the role well I suppose, but there's nothing in the material to justify his nomination. The best part about his performance was the make-up, which he was not responsible for. I also felt the film dragged on a bit too long. There's a lot of ground to cover throughout the film, but there were some parts where I was just wondering "what is the point of this? Can we move on please to something more interesting?"