Title: Needs a Crystal Ball
Product review: Clint Eastwood has to his credit a long list of great accomplishments. This film, which he produced and directed, is not one of them. Oh, it has its moments. The opening depiction of a tsunami striking a populous shore and a few other touching scenes scattered throughout the film do little to balance what is a confusing jumble of disparate story lines. An egocentric French journalist, twin boys trying to care for a substance-abusing mother, and a young woman haunted by her abusive father stumble along toward a nonsensical conclusion.Matt Damon plays a genuine medium (oxymoron?) who is trying to break away from a lucrative career as a psychic consultant because of the pain it all causes. Damon is not convincing. Perhaps he should have worn some exotic headdress. A long beard that glows in the dark? A high-tech crystal ball?I predict.....a big disappointment that will take up about two hours of your future if you watch this film.
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