Just toooooooo long

Rating: 5/10 (17 February 2008)

Well, I surely am not among the mass of admirers, close to 50000 IMDb fans voting between 7 and 10, wow, I have to start wondering whether I'm not wrong about that movie.
Actually I do agree with most of the comment about the acting, it's perfect, all the guys are impersonating their characters to the perfection, as any movie director could just dream. So the acting is great, the filming is great, the story is good, all stories based on "a true story" always has that extra scary edge to it.
But I'm sorry to say, it's far toooooo long, some people speak about the suspense, I want to ask them where the hell is it? The first few murders are thrilling, the last 15 mins of the movie are thrilling, but the "in between" is absolutely boring and not saved by the acting.
We watched the movie with my wife not knowing anything about it, just picking it from the actors (that we like a lot) and the poster, well after the 1st hour I was starting to check my watch, 1h30 later we were starting to consider leaving the theatre but for not having checked the length of the movie, we stayed hoping for a swift deliverance, it only happened 45 mins later, after another 30 long minutes.
So again, there is no denial about the quality of the story or the acting or even the outcome, but I will disagree with anyone speaking to me about suspense or even movie masterpiece. Watch it if you are insomniac it may help you to find sleep.