soul-sucking

Rating: 2/10 (8 January 2007)

One of the most plodding, boring, soul-sucking and depressing movies I've seen in a long time.
Not only does Matt Damon's character never have much to say, but he consistently lets his family down, and I was never really sure why. Though the movie is well-acted, the characters are really never fleshed out enough for you to understand their motivations or even really develop any kind of sympathy for them. A lot of plot points were never sufficiently explained or given any sort of background. I got a couple of the lesser roles confused and was uncertain as to why several characters were even included in the movie.
I was sorely disappointed as I had high expectations due to both Robert De Niro and Matt Damon's association with the film. I would not recommend this movie to anyone.