BradWesley123's Movie Journal- April 2012

The story doesn't do much to keep you invested, but the cast is very strong; especially Chastain and Mirren.

There's some solid action, the cast is strong and it's a much more thoughtful actioner than most, but it plods along from one scene to the next, without ever engaging the audience.

Bottom of the barrel, and the barrel contains fecal matter.

Michael Shannon does give a hell of a performance, but the movie was just too dull for me. It did occasionally make the best of it's unique premise.

Just really boring. Yeah the cast is good, but really who cares? Its not that interesting.

The best media satire in the history of film. Its just amazing.

Really not good. The supporting cast is loaded with talent, but are given nothing but horrible, stilted dialogue to deliver to an unconvincing Taylor Lautner. Poorly edited, written, and directed; weren't you a director once John Singleton?

It does get dull at times, but Steve McQueen's stark look at sex addiction is never less than compelling. Carrey Mulligan gives a nice supporting performance, but the movie is Fassbender's, and he owns it with a restrained, layered performance. I'm still not sure how he didn't get an Oscar nod.

Typical family film, and by that I mean it'll annoy the hell out of adults and satisfy a screaming child with a low attention span.

Well acted, but ultimately pointless. Never very interesting ever happens, and the characters just belittle each other. Feels long at only 80 minutes.

Solid indie dramedy featuring one of Will Ferrell's better performances. It's nothing earthshattering, but it's enjoyable.