3.5/5I should've known that Clint Eastwood films were this long in length. This movie clocked up 2 1/4 hours(or 135 minutes), and I believe that this was a bit two long(although according to my father, Invictus is even longer!). But for a Saturday Night movie, it was pretty good. It had a terrific opening(rare in his movies I'd say), but started to lag as the movie went on. I think this is because of the 3 story lines going on, with one(French women/girl/person/newswomen/whoever) being a bit too focused upon, while the other two (Matt Damon/English kid) being underplayed. I was far more interested in these stories as opposed to the former story. It still was a good movie, with a good sense of humor, drama, and the question of afterlife. Most of us don't go around thinking about what happens when we die(emo/goth/loser), and this question is brought up just enough times in the movie. The main flaws in this film was the ending. It suffers from the fact that it can't decide when to end, much like Wall Street 2. I didn't even know who the director was(which is a big factor for some people, me included) and I found this film to be enjoyable, although not up to par with some of his other films, mainly Gran Torino and Unforgiven(I known there are many films that he has made that are also considered classics, but I haven't viewed all that many. The man has over 31 directing credits and even more acting credits!). I will say this was far better then the above mentioned Wall Street, but that's not a hard task to accomplish.
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