I think we give the CIA too much credit

Rating: 8/10 (26 March 2007)

Generally speaking i try to hold myself to a couple rules about movie viewing. 1. Be wary of anything starring Matt Damon 2. Shy away from any movie where Angelina Jolie isn't wearing spandex. This movie however flew in the face of both of my rules of thumb. Matt Damon actually does a surprisingly good job, its got to be hard to play a character that is written so well its almost too realistic for its own good. Angelina Jolie plays a decent role as the dejected wife of a man she barely knows and Alec Baldwin...well considering how much practice he has acting out the same character its hard to say the he did poorly. Robert De Niro has essentially attained an acting status where even his horrible roles can just be chocked up to the desire to make money, but he is a movie icon for a reason. My favorite part of this movie is that it seems as if Joe Pesci came out of retirement, i mean you can't not like Joe Pesci. Overall i would say that this is definitely a movie worth watching very acceptable cast and you can tell that the movie is about the story and not how many times they can squeeze Matt Damon's face onto the screen.