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Title: Amateur hour
Review: This movie is a mess. The convoluted plot could probably work in good hands, but the direction is completely lacking in focus, and the editing is atrocious. Pitt and Gandolfini turn in good performances -- the only redeeming qualities to be found here. There are too many plot points that don't make any sense at all. One fairly prominent character disappears without a trace about halfway through the movie, and there is no explanation as to what happened to him -- or how a particular plot thread was resolved. You do figure that out after watching the deleted scenes on the DVD -- but why were these two or three key scenes deleted? This movie was made by a bunch of no-talent amateurs who got in way over their heads.
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