film and Crowe's performance overrated

Rating: Null/10 (17 February 2000)

Russell Crowe doesn't deserve the hype surrounding his performance, - he didn't convince me as a middle-aged family man. I can't believe he is nominated for an Academy Award, especially when he is blown away in this movie by Al Pacino. This movie is given a great review almost everywhere, but I found it long, boring and slow. And very overrated.