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Title: Looks good, but nothing more
Review: What a disappointment. The film looks great, but that's about all that can be said about it. None of the major actors are convincing as mid-1940s characters - they are just people who have dressed up in costumes, but, don't have any sense of the period. Everything about them screams 2006. Brian de Palma has made his share of unsuccessful films, but until now at least they were all interesting. The script is confusing (is it a flashback or not?), there are all kinds of side stories, and it's only at the end that the director and writer suddenly remember that they are supposed to be making a film based on a real killing, and hurriedly come up with as contrived an ending as one might ever see.
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