Flat...

Rating: Null/10 (1 September 2003)

For a movie about a subject as broad and powerful as prison, this movie felt decidedly flat; there were "bad" guys and "good" guys and no-one in between. It follows a familiar trajectory and in my opinion, does not achieve anythign new on the cinematic or storytelling front. The sotry itself? Well, its simple feel-good melodrama. As hard as this might be to imagine, life in the prison is idealized. It's a stereotypical American story of righteous triumph that does little to stir emotions or provoke thought.