Who writes these reviews, the studio?

Rating: 3/10 (26 August 1999)

The story moved like molasses from the opening title screen on. I was having trouble staying awake for most of it. Little and no musical accompaniment didn't help. There were about 3 'gotchas' when considering the length of the movie, there could have had at least 10. I figured out the 'surprise' ending less then half way through the film. The only bright point was the acting in the kid. A couple of scenes were overacted just a tad, but this little guy is overall a fine actor. The mother did a good job too in a working-class role. I did love the shots of Philadelphia. It was nice to see Bruce Willis without a gun in his hand. I feel he did an adequate job in his role. I think the only reason people are raving about it is because he has had so many macho roles that people had typecast him. I think most people liked it because they didn't foresee the ending. For those of us that did, the movie wasn't nearly as fun. My recommendation is if you have to see it, wait for it on video.