The Bad Shepherd

Rating: 2/10 (29 January 2007)

I thought this movie was very poorly edited and too long. Matt Damon did a poor job, and how hard is it to play a robot? The famous scene of him being chauffeured to his son's wedding did not take much acting ability and the walk to his son followed by "Your wife...." demonstrated no great skill. I do not think Robert DeNiro, Matt Damon or Angelina Jolie were at their best in this movie. My high expectations were not fulfilled.
The movie, as long as it was, left me with questions that could have been answered, this being an historical documentation. Why was Billy Crudup's worst fears realized and he was to die with no friends? Was he in collaboration with Ulysses? More time should have been spent developing this part of the story. Were the pilots of the airplane that threw out the bride-to-be Russian or American? Did Edward Jr. ever actually join the CIA? All in all, I would not recommend this movie.