Product: The Insider [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 1.0
Endless Phone Calls and Car Rides
As a previous reviewer said, "it never picks up". I kept wondering when something would happen or whether I had blacked out and missed key scenes. I regretted watching it more than wasting money on it. I mean, it was a little like torture. One scene goes on and on showing a string of cars moving down the street. Characters go this way and then that way, on and off the phone, or in and out of cars. Pare all the fluff away and there might be a movie in there somewhere.The volume and background music is erractic and intrusive. I would rather hear a kennel full of barking dogs, a nursery full of crying babies, or a beeping street sweeper, than this movie's soundtrack. The same song erupts randomly throughout the film, perhaps to increase the drama where none existed in the first place.One of the few shining lights in this movie is Christoper Plummer. He was brilliant as Dan Rather. Pacino was Pacino, Crowe was Crowe, and most of the actors, forgettable.This is one of the worst movies I've ever seen and amazed it was nominated for best picture.