Mediocre Movie

Rating: 6/10 (26 February 2007)

I saw the movie yesterday and was rather disappointed.
First of all I fail to grasp the story. What is the essence of the film ? When you are in espionage business, you lose your private life ? Well, might be true for a few businesses.
And about the performance of the actors... How one can say that they were great performances is a mystery to me.
Jolie and Damon fail to be believable both as young adults and as mid-forties. Damon offers no real feelings, which is part of the character, but how this can be a great performance remains hidden to me.
I heard a lot of bad things about the movies, it being too long and boring. This is not the case, while it is rather slow, I was interested the whole time. But I failed to see the story, one day later the movie already is rather blurred in my mind, which usually only happens when I am under the influence when watching a film.
So, in retrospect, while not being bad the whole film is clearly no masterpiece, since it lacks both a good story, a clear message and great acting.
6 out of 10.