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I thought the movie was entertaining...other than a few holes in the twists I found really hard to suspend my disbelief on. But hey, it was entertaining other than having probably the most annoying and inexplicable soundtrack. I can't imagine what the beginning and ending credit songs had to do with the movie or why anyone would choose them and face it- good movies have good soundtracks, good camera work and good acting. Well, whoever picked out the soundtrack was a total moron. Other than that it wasn't Ripley's Believe it or Not, it was a cop show designed to entertain and it entertained me. Having said that I have said all that needs to be said. I used 10 lines to do it in but when I previewed it I only had five lines. Please, IMDb. get your head out. Most movies can be summed up in five lines and what a person writes should not be reduced when previewed.

I doubt I've ever seen a Robert Duvall movie that was not worth watching and the same can be said of this one. Duvall plays a cranky old coot not ready to take up the rocking chair and I hope he isn't ready for a long time. A decent premise to the movie and several places that make you smile. If you like crotchety hard-headed old folks this is the movie for you. While in all respects a slow movie I didn't regret a minute. I wish IMDb didn't require ten lines for a review because I doubt I've had ten lines to say about any movie.But it's nice to be able to give one a good review, one that isn't cr*p found footage and one where the acting enabled the suspension of disbelief for a couple hours.

When is Hollywood going to realize that five things are necessary in good cinema: great camera transitions and camera work, a good soundtrack,interesting sets,a convincing premise-one that enables you to suspend disbelief, and good acting. A camera artist can suggest someone making love by a slow pan to a window sill,can change sets by panning to a tree. Camera work is an art and one that I especially enjoy in movie entertainment. It's time to throw the young turks with their belief that you can make good cinema with a handcam out on their ears. Good camera transitions have identified good cinema since.....Citizen Kane. And even light romcoms benefit from good camera work.

A good soundtrack establishes how you FEEL during the scenes and are especially important to the finale of the movie. Interesting sets can make the dullest movie more enjoyable. And a good premise combined with good acting can enable you to suspend disbelief in the wackiest movies- can make you believe in elves and dragons for a short time. Just saying-throw the handcam away....or give it to a family with a kid and get back to REAL cinema where the sum of each artists work is revealed in the whole.Anyone that makes movies any other way is wasting their time and yours.