Tonight I watched this movie, which is slow-paced and it features Robert Redford as a gentleman robber of banks, with Casey Affleck playing a good part, perhaps, as a cop on the case. It turns out he doesn't rob banks or on the run from the law for a reason but he likes the thrill and puts himself in situations he is on the run from the law. All in all, this movie is ok but I would not watch it again, either in the near or far future.
Still, there is more to say about this film than just one paragraph which can justify a rating of 6 out of 10. This film got generally favorable reviews from movie critics but I disliked this film more than those critics. The reason is not its slow-pacing, which can be good in some movies, but rather that it was not intellectually stimulating, it doesn't get you to really think about anything beyond yourself. I did like the fact that he was on the run from "the law" and is challenging the system in that way, but that is clearly something of his own making, not like he is some hero or something.
Anyway, I think that adequately covers this movie, so I'm going to end this review there.
Still, there is more to say about this film than just one paragraph which can justify a rating of 6 out of 10. This film got generally favorable reviews from movie critics but I disliked this film more than those critics. The reason is not its slow-pacing, which can be good in some movies, but rather that it was not intellectually stimulating, it doesn't get you to really think about anything beyond yourself. I did like the fact that he was on the run from "the law" and is challenging the system in that way, but that is clearly something of his own making, not like he is some hero or something.
Anyway, I think that adequately covers this movie, so I'm going to end this review there.