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Rating: 6/10 (13 September 2012)

I'm baffled by this film's high IMDb score.
The acting was turgid; in fact, Costner's delivery was so flat at times that it was painfully noticeable. There was little or no character development. We learnt nothing about most of the "Untouchables", and Al Capone was just a gross caricature, with De Niro hamming it up shamelessly.
The soundtrack sounded like it belonged to an episode of Inspector Gadget, and ruined a number of scenes.
The scenes themselves were largely predictable or horribly overblown (e.g. Connery taking twenty bullets before dragging himself across the carpet to the sound of opera, the silly shootout with a baby's pram careering through the middle of it, the accountant-turned-Rambo who kills several hired guns before avoiding certain death thanks to blind luck, the nauseating scenes of Costner's wife cradling their perfect blonde child/in prayer/gazing into his eyes).
Watch it by all means, but prepare your expectations - this is no masterpiece.