Sometimes it is quite striking how a story with so much promise on paper can turn into such a lukewarm and, frankly, disappointing movie.
After all, it stars Meryl Streep, the goddess of the acting craft, Tom Cruise, a de facto movie star, and Robert Redford, a celebrated actor and director, who also directs. It’s a drama about a war that’s still ongoing and a twisted political system. Supposedly, it should have lured many constituencies, all but guaranteeing its success.
Alas, the attempt to stuff it with too much is probably what doomed the picture. At the closing, I felt unsatisfied and let down by the lack of character and story development, brought about primarily by the lack of time to address all that was trying to be said.
Having said that, the movie is not terrible and the war related scenes are quite gripping. Is it worth the time? Hardly. I watched it mostly because I am such a big Meryl Streep fan that I want to see every movie she makes.
Grade: 5
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