A good movie

Even though he makes nowadays only average movies, Robert De Niro remains my favorite actor. On top of that, I thought that 'A Bronx tale', his directing debut, was a pretty good flick so I was really curious to see his second directing effort. First of all, with Matt Damon as a lead, you definitely have a good start and he delivered the goods as usual. On the other hand, I must admit it, I was not so convinced by Angelina Jolie. I mean, I'm not so sure if I was bothered by her acting but her character didn't have much to do during the whole thing. A part from that, the rest of the cast was composed of very dependable character actors and they all did a decent job. Furthermore, something I really liked was the fact that they decided to show the first CIA agents not as some super-hero spies like James Bond but as some desk persons with glasses and suits. However, in spite of those good elements, it was still a flawed movie though. Indeed, the main issue here was basically with the story itself. Eventually, even though the subject was rather spellbinding, the movie never really succeeded in mesmerizing me and I was left rather unmoved by the proceedings. Still, it remains a very well made flick about a fascinating subject and it is definitely worth a look.

7/10