Could have been an 8, but isn't

Rating: 6/10 (23 September 2007)

I knew nothing about the movie before I watched it, except the genre, and that it scored an 8 on IMDb, so I expected a good movie.
The movie has good suspense and credible characters. It is nice see how the police handled such a case in the late 60's and early 70's, and it is interesting and authentic.
Unfortunately, the movie also has the pace of a movie of the 60's. I appreciate that a real case does not follow Hollywood timing rules, but when I realized (after an hour) that I had to sit through another 1.5 hour, it took most of the joy out of it. The movie could easily have been cut to under two hours. Irrelevant discussions and bad (often no) cutting drags this movie along.
Also, the movie is extremely focused on the case. That might be good for the suspense, but the rest of the world seems to go by, and time goes by, and you see nothing of either, no context is drawn.
Because of that, in the end it is just an average good movie and frankly it is quite forgettable.