Nowhere Near Expectations

Rating: 4/10 (25 February 2007)

Before seeing this, I had great expectations. Afterwards, I realized it was one of those movies that makes you think "This could have been REALLY good." How Mark Wahlberg deserves a nomination for those is beyond me. While much of the sexuality and profanity are over-the-top, Damon's and DiCaprio's performances are second-rate, Nicholson plays just another nut, and, as much as it pains me to say this, Alec Baldwin is the film's only redeeming quality in quite possibly the best role he has ever played. Several scenes were tasteless echoes of the infinitely superior "The Godfather" - Madolyn's revelations of pregnancy, the first funeral, etc. In short, quite possibly the biggest film disappointment of the year.