A good movie

Ever since I watched ‘What's Eating Gilbert Grape’ a long time ago, I have been a fan of Lasse Hallstrom’s work. To be honest, his latest work was far from being really mind-blowing (except for the ‘The Hoax’ which was really underrated in my opinion) but there is always something appealing in his movies. This flick is a perfect example. Basically, it is a rather standard drama but I still liked it anyway. First of all, it was the last movie starring Robert Redford with a director different than himself. Redford is and has always been a fine actor and he didn’t disappoint me in this feature. To make this even better, his sparring partner was Morgan Freeman, another great actor, so to see them together was already pretty neat. Concerning Jennifer Lopez, I don’t think she is such a bad actress but she usually picks up the worst movies (‘The Back-up Plan’, ‘Monster-in-Law’, ‘Gigli’, ‘Enough’, ‘The Wedding Planner’, ‘Anaconda’). It is actually pretty funny, if you check Roger Ebert reviews about her older movies, he was really enthusiast about her and seriously thought she was a very talented actress. Anyway, this movie was one of the (very) few good movies she made and she gave a decent performance. Of course, the whole thing was nothing really original and rather predictable but I liked it, for what it was. To conclude, it is a decent drama and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

7/10