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Title: THE CRITICS BLEW IT ON THIS ONE
Review: A great cast is wasted in this long--make that lo-o-o-o-o-o-n-g--film that purports to be a fact-based film about the origin of the CIA. Perhaps the CIA really was formed as depicted in this insufferably boring film, but having Angelina Jolie inexplicably throw herself at Matt Damon's gloomy, robotic character calls even the most basic facts into question.But worse than that is the amateurish script. Each scene lasts about fifteen seconds before moving onto the next--often unrelated--scene. So we see the set up, say, of a scene, then the outcome, but not the drama in between. If you've seen a TV movie in the last few years, you may get what I'm talking about. I've read reviews comparing the film to "The Godfather," but I sure don't see any similarities.Sure the movie looks great, but clearly the director/screenwriter/editor/producer--or some other Hollywood genius involved with the film--has no understanding of dramatic structure.
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