Oh God, save us all.

Rating: 6/10 (18 January 2008)

I am not sold on this film. At over two and a half hours, it seemed as long as the investigation itself.
Why didn't David Fincher give us a tight and exciting film like Se7en? Yes, the investigation had an impact on many people other than those who were killed, and Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr. did a credible job of showing that, but there just wasn't the emotion that we saw with Brad Pitt. It just seemed like a long, boring investigation of little things that suggested who the killer might be.
The bottom line is despite a few award nominations, the film won none, and that is because there are many better films out there. I expected a lot and was sorely disappointed.