Dreamy account on the creation of the FBI

Rating: 6/10 (1 July 2007)

The Good Sheppard, seems to be a very surrealistic, dreamy account on the creation of the FBI, this film was kind of light on action. I would have to say that Robert DeNiro did a good job as director. I was not happy with the time jumps which seem to happen a lot in today's films (examples this film and All The Kings Men). This kind of film technique requires the viewer to seriously interject him/herself into the film, but this is not the kind of movie which lends itself to serious on the fly study, simply put it is long and drawn out. You can get up walk out and come back and feel like you haven't missed much. But I liked the wide screen version for the excellent scenes. I was just hoping for some more action. If you look on the back of the DVD case it states that this film is "The Godfather' of CIA Movies" well in truth this film could in no way achieve that statement.