Cadidate for "Boringest, disjointed film of all time".

Rating: 2/10 (6 January 2007)

First off, this movie tries to tell the story of Edward Wilsons rise from Yale "Skull and Bones" rich kid to WWII OSS Operative through to his becoming director of counter-intelligence at the CIA in 1961. The subplot is how his son gives up the secrets to the Bay of Pigs invasion to some girl he meets in Africa. We never figure out how he got to Africa or how he met the girl, he just suddenly appears there, ready to marry this girl who we meet once, when shes being dropped out of an airplane for being one of the bad guys. The directing in this movie is so disjointed that its hard to keep up with whats going on. Matt Damon plays Ed Wilson as such a lethargic character that he nearly bores you to death. NOTE TO DE NIRO: CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT! We see Damons character one way from beginning to end. He is a one dimensional character with no character. His only trait is he has no traits. Hes as dead a living being as you will ever find in a movie. There are many plots, too many. The preperation for the Bay of Pigs invasion. About as far as we get into it is a meeting outside a bathroom window where Ed (Damon) Wilsons son overhears what he eventually tells the girl we never get to know. There's the Provenzano Mafia meeting between the him and the CIA. This is supposed to be in reference to the attempts to kill Castro in the 60's. You would never know that from this movie. There's the inter relationship between OSS men and British intelligence during WWII. You will never see it in this movie. NOTE TO DE NIRO: MAKEUP! No one in this movie ages. We cover a period of well over 30 years but no one ages a day. Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie look the same age as their son. The son ages. The main characters stay the same, so the son catches up to the mother and father, its really ridiculous. In fact, none of the characters age. Some of the other reviewers want to make you think this is a movie for "smart" people. No, this is a movie for people with nothing better to do for nearly 3 hours. Its not the time of year to watch grass grow or I might recommend that in lieu of seeing this film. This is a lousy boring movie and I would not recommend it to anyone.