Is it over yet?

Rating: 5/10 (15 November 1999)

Is it over yet? That's all I kept thinking through the last hour of this movie. The story was good, but over two and a half hours, not that good. Its always interesting to ask a director what scenes he liked but had to cut out of the movie. There was no sweeping needed on this cutting room floor.
I must say that Russell Crowe and Christopher Plummer did excellent jobs. I think that they will both be nominated for awards this year.
The camera movement and quick zooms got to be annoying and distracting at times. This is common in Mann's films I am told. I just found it irritating.