Not Entertaining

Rating: 1/10 (2 January 2007)

I was worn out after watching this very long movie. The movie had wonderful actors and technically, it was nice. But the plot was so painfully slow and the excitement level was just dreadful. There were almost 2 light moments to offer some relief, but the key word is "almost." The movie could have been edited to 90 minutes easily without missing anything other than the boredom. I think that the story line is a great idea and wish that it had moved in less clinical style. The movie was sterile. While the emotions portrayed by Jolie were good, Matt Damon's stoic and almost grimacing style of the character's portrayal were numbing. Damon didn't age in the movie either, which technically made us question the lengthy time-line going from the late 30's into the early 60's. Another strange quick was the very short appearances by some great actors. These short cameos were almost frustrating reminding me of campy movies shot for marketing titillation versus significant actor content. Timothy Hutton's short appearance was wasted as was Joe Pesci's. The hype this movie has commanded is interesting; I don't understand why people flock to see wakes. This movie certainly fill the criteria as an expensive and extremely over-hyped attempt at entertainment. It was not entertaining.