I was really looking forward to this film but came out highly disappointed.
Everything was good about this film except the editing, screenplay, character development, clichés, mediocre direction ... oh, and there wasn't much of a story.
I know it's 'based on a true story' but let's emphasise _based_: it could have been dramatized better than this. Instead, in true Hollywood fashion, we end up with yet another could-have-been. Obviously, the producers made it because the concept sells. They couldn't have cared less whether the movie was any good. Without mincing my words, this film is a diabolically formulaic, string of familiar scenes joined together with plot devices.
Right from the beginning we know we've seen countless films like it and this feeling continues right through. I think we call that feeling boredom, or is it, disappointment? Boredom throughout and then disappointment at the end because our hopes are dashed. Put it this way, I was waiting for plot development, a buildup to a climax and gripping drama. Unfortunately, that never happened. That's why I was left disappointed.
Anybody who liked this film just doesn't see what it could have been.
Everything was good about this film except the editing, screenplay, character development, clichés, mediocre direction ... oh, and there wasn't much of a story.
I know it's 'based on a true story' but let's emphasise _based_: it could have been dramatized better than this. Instead, in true Hollywood fashion, we end up with yet another could-have-been. Obviously, the producers made it because the concept sells. They couldn't have cared less whether the movie was any good. Without mincing my words, this film is a diabolically formulaic, string of familiar scenes joined together with plot devices.
Right from the beginning we know we've seen countless films like it and this feeling continues right through. I think we call that feeling boredom, or is it, disappointment? Boredom throughout and then disappointment at the end because our hopes are dashed. Put it this way, I was waiting for plot development, a buildup to a climax and gripping drama. Unfortunately, that never happened. That's why I was left disappointed.
Anybody who liked this film just doesn't see what it could have been.