I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!!!

Rating: 1/10 (12 January 2007)

Am I the only one who thinks this movie is rubbish? I couldn't believe with a cast like this one, they couldn't make it a little more interesting. Did everyone simply owe a favor to De Niro? It is drawn out to say the least/predictable/boring as hell. The 168 Min's. running time was completely unnecessary, in fact it was unbearable towards the end.
The only the thing that kept me from walking out was the unyielding thirst for something to tie together in a magnificent way, thus vindicating the miserable hours already spent. There were SO many scenes that could have been more effective by truncating them. Ie. The picture that they dwell on for what seems like forever. I don't want to spoil anything, but just the way they edit these particular scenes into spots where they completely don't belong, you know the picture's significance immediately (I'm talking of course about an actual picture, not the film).
Speaking of that, the sequence of the scenes appeared to have been hastily agreed upon. They must've had way too much footage in the end and didn't know what to cut. It makes for a very confusing first half of the film.
All this having been said, the film's plus side would be the phenomenal acting. Everyone was superb, even the unconvincing elder gentlemen played by Matt Damon.
Overall, i was grossly disappointed