An average movie

Since I kept hearing some really great things about this flick, I was really eager to check it out and I had some rather high expectations. Indeed, according to Roger Ebert, it was apparently one of the best movies released in 2005. In fact, according to him, it was so good that it was even better than ‘Brokeback mountain’ so the whole thing should be pretty damned amazing. Well, I finally saw the damned thing and, to be honest, I was rather disappointed and I wasn't able to see what was so great about it. I mean, sure, it was not bad at all, the actors delivered some solid performances and I really liked the directing as well. At the end of the day, the biggest issue I had with this flick was that the story was neither really interesting, entertaining or captivating enough. On top of that, this movie was hailed for being Amy Adams' breakthrough performance, earning her first Academy Award Nomination but, to be honest, I thought she pretty much gave her typical hysterical girl act. To conclude, even though I thought it was rather disappointing, I have to admit that it was still a decent watch and it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10