disappointing to say the least

Rating: 3/10 (9 December 2007)

****THIS COMMENT CONTAINS SPOILERS**** Walter sparrow, an animal control officer working for the city, receives a book from his wife for his birthday. He becomes obsessed that the book is written about him and his life and tries to track down the author. Before watching this movie, I was told it was a drama/thriller. I watched it last night and I was not at all thrilled by it! The boys age thing really bugged me...Walter has been out of hospital 13 years, bumps into his future wife on the steps and then 13 years later they have a son who looks to be about 15 or 16 ? And its not just that....when Laura's body is found by her professor/lover the police arrest him but fail to search the apartment and find Walter hiding in the closet with blood all over him and he manages to sneak out passed police cars and ambulances unnoticed????Years later, when Walter confronts the professor in jail, the professor doesn't recognize him?? Maybe I missed something here but I did not enjoy this film..it was slow and not at all interesting. I like to be entertained when I watch a movie but this one failed dismally.
I almost always read comments posted on IMDb by other members before I select a movie to watch. Most of you kinda liked it, a few even thought it was terrific, so I guess I am going out on a limb by saying its not worth the viewing effort or time. I think the only good thing was that I got this one as a free rental at my local video store and would have given it a much lower rating if I actually had to pay to watch it. My rating is 3 out of 10.