Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Anoushka Slater While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The Nater I honestly don't know if a worse movie has ever been made. Sure, somewhere someone probably dropped a camcorder down an porta-potty, but I am not sure that the final seconds of film before the big sploosh would be any worse that this. Truly terrible movie. Shame on Robert DeNiro, and Frances McDormand. I kind of expect this level of acting from the rest of the cast.

JoeB131 This movie is a tense drama,with Di Nero playing a signature character, a big city cop who is drawn into an investigation where his estranged son turns out to be the top suspect.It further expands into his complicated relationships with his ex-wife, and the father who was executed for a botched kidnapping in the 1950's.My problem with the film is that there is this key bit of information that would have ended the story in about five minutes that people who know don't talk about and people who could do something about it could really use. That this kid is on the run from a drug lord. This information isn't relayed until the last act of the movie, leading up to the climax, but if someone had just said something at the beginning of the movie, well, I guess we wouldn't have a movie.Enjoy it because Di Nero elevates it.

pik923 Who knows why critics like or dislike films. This is a good solid film, with a huge cast and they all do a wonderful job. The script is good, the cinematography too is fine, and the entire story telling is just great. James Franco is amazing! I don't want to even suggest what his role is in the film - because if you don't know - let him surprise you. This is one of those films that I had not seen until it was on cable, and my apologies for not seeing it sooner.The direction of the film - great! It is gritty, it is at times dark and hard, at times tugs on the heart.Congratulations to the entire cast and crew! EVERYONE was great.

sandover It is strange how a method actor like de Niro relies on conveying such an introvert sense of undoing. Not at his best here, even though at the end he delivers a terrific lesson in rhythm with his speed-up, pant-in-check monologue. I liked the fact that this monologue is sculpted so, given the sense of alarm it had to take into consideration - and I mean it in terms of direction - but it comes too late for any defining purposes. DeNiro is good, yet something lacks, he fails to give a full characterization, contrasted with McDormant who achieves it excellently. The story feels anachronistic and the soundtrack absurd. But one make actually - unexpectedly - like James Franco's Osborne - yeah, from his "Spiderman" character - grin that flashes menacingly at some point.