Great story but execution is flawed

Rating: 6/10 (29 October 2016)

The story of Louis Zamperini is incredible and deserving of a heavyweight spectacle. Somehow this movie just doesn't live up to it. I enjoyed some of it and it was entirely watchable. Louis's life is inspirational. I felt like a lot of the important development parts in the movie were rushed. It was very formulaic throughout and really lacked creativity in certain areas of the story. Jack O'Connell was good and is a good actor but there was a distinct lack of development with any of the other characters and no real chemistry. What we have here is a great true story. All the pieces have been put together that should make it a heavyweight movie. But something just doesn't fit. It's missing that skillful and creative direction which makes a memorable movie. For me this is a one time watch only.