Corny Velveeta Cheese Al Capone Movie

Rating: 1/10 (16 August 2014)

You probably have seen this movie and didn't like it and may be wondering why--- What irritated and depressed me was the corny goody two shoes Hallmark quality to it. Costner saying at least a dozen time "It's nice being married"---then the pan of his whole square face for 30 seconds so you can soak this in--leads me to believe this movie was aimed at women and Costner thought he was a hunk. It just made me want to barf every time he says it---it is like 50s TV verbalized or and ad for the Christian Family Values.
It made me think my God has the world changed this much since 1987? Yes and no, this is star fluff from the 80s when Yuppie family values were king and so forth ultimately more irritating than anything else.
The ending is so implausible especially the denouement when the judge suddenly changes the jury seems so legally implausible (the defense has a big say in jury selection) with Capone's incompetent (apparently) lawyer saying suddenly "We plead guilty" WTH? Capone would have had the most expensive lawyer in the US.... It is an insult to the viewers intelligence.
Of interest the real Ness was bored out his mind on this job and only fired a gun once in Chicago into cotton to test fire it.
Read some other 1 and 2 star reviews some of them are very good and will validate your dislike of this thing.
It cost $20 million and grossed $106 million. So what do I know?
Hype and Oscars like this one got only sets red lights blinking to me as winners are usually PC gimmicks and good old boy connections---this one has to be the latter.
DO NOT RECOMMEND