How can a film about THE CIA be so dull?

Rating: 8/10 (13 January 2007)

This film could have been told in a one hour television introspective; and that's including commercials. There's very little suspense and too many story lines are either too short or go nowhere. Damon's character (Wilson) motivations aren't fully developed. He is an excellent actor, so I can only assume the director was misguided himself. Wilson is suppose to fall apart through the course of the movie, but shows almost no change. The on-screen titling becomes annoying. However, the story would have been impossible to follow otherwise because there was no change in Damon's physical appearance when flashing back and forth between the 1930s and 1961. All total: this film is BORING as all get out.