Gone over my head I went to see this film on the strength of a recommendation by Christopher Tookey in the Mail, who gave it a rare five stars. However, I was disappointed. The dialogue was extremely difficult to catch, and I found the plot wildly implausible. The mother of the kidnapped child may have been unfit to be a parent, but would the female detective really have allowed her dislike to become so personal and obvious? The acting talent of most of the stars seemed to be wasted on wordy, over long scenes of dialogue,... more info
Ben Affleck's directorial debut is a surprising triumph. Based on a novel from the same author as Mystic River, this shares much of the same ambiguity and flawed characters of that movie. Set in the seedier and grittier parts of Boston, the tale revolves around a missing girl. Casey Affleck and Michelle Monaghan play the private detectives who are requested by relatives to help the search, and the beginning of the movie introduces us to a milieu which shows an unforgiving background for bringing up the child. The characters we meet include pimps, hard-assed... more info
The Brothers Affleck spin a well-crafted tale A fantastically thought-provoking piece, it's a shame it hasn't received a cinema release in the UK (as a consequence of the McCann kidnapping). Casey Affleck mumbles through the first three or four reels (it must be the Boston patois) before beginning to enunciate a little more clearly and things really start to hot up. Just when you think the movie is drawing to and end you get hit in the metaphorical solar plexus and the story ramps up another gear. By the time the film ends you are forced to ask... more info
True grit This movie pulls no punches in revealing the dark sides of its characters, and the result is a gritty, compelling crime drama, with a surprise around every corner. Casey Affleck (brother of Ben a.k.a. the Director of the movie, a.k.a. half of Bennifer 2) plays Patrick Kenzie, a low budget private investigator who specializes in finding missing people. His partner is his live-in girlfriend Angie, and the two are hired by the aunt of a missing girl to supplement the efforts of the police force in... more info
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