Liked the broad strokes, but thumbs down overall

Rating: 4/10 (25 December 2001)

Another ripoff of Sixth Sense, which was really a Jacobs Ladder ripoff. Trick ending.
I am a really big Cameron Crowe fan, so I was really looking forward to this movie. He usually can get the most out of his actors. Even Tom Cruise was good in Jerry Maguire. And that's no easy feat!! But the dialogue in this movie really killed it for me. Cruise and Cruz never have a real conversation till the movie is nearing the end. Most of it is empty, vapid blather. "I am an arms dealer" "Oh really" or "I would love to be this mole on your chest" Just empty and vapid.
Lots of Tom Cruise's teeth though. The usual smile.
I understand the need for the mask, but it got really annoying after awhile. Some will say I'm an idiot for this one, but this probably could have been done without his disfigurement. I can hear all of your comments as fans of this movie will strongly disagree. But thats the way I feel.
I just hope that Cameron Crowe will go back to his usual style of film making. Almost Famous gets better every time I see it. Singles and Say Anything are classics. To Cameron Crowe I say "Go Back"