It was just OK, and I was expecting Oscar worthy from Angie.

Rating: 7/10 (27 December 2014)

If this movie does get nominated or wins an Oscar over any other Oscar worthy film, it would be because of it's famous director.
Not to say the movie was not good, cause it was. It's the type of movie that is dramatically grim so it can hit you hard with the silver lining. It felt very Hollywood the way it just pulled the right strings.
With Jolie at the helm, the movie got the advantage of being a great looking War picture.
It's an uplifting story of a boy who thought he was nothing but with the support of his family becomes something as an Olympic runner, and with this support and feeling that he was something he was able to survive captivity in a Japanese POW camp during World War 2.
It was shot well and I commend Jolie for picking good actors and not superstars, but I must admit that she's one of those people like George Clooney, who Hollywood has put on such a high pedestal, that I went into the movie expecting more than I got.