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I really like Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, but, their fortes are certainly not middle age accents. It was a bit distracting for me to be honest, especially Affleck's. The story was a good enough premise, but, it seemed to have the ever slightest me too under tones and over tones, and I wonder if this film would have ever been made if it wasn't for this atmosphere in America at the moment... It seems every movie made now is one of two minorities Women and blacks) always trying to show just who has been wronged the most by the evil white man (200-100 years ago) It is tiresome, as both have more current laws on the books to protect them in America than any one else does...

I am not sure which was worse, the casting, the script, or the acting. I literally have seen better high school drama year end plays. It is like they gave them a $10k budget for actors, and said, Do the best you can, I think if they had spent even half of the money they used on vehicle budget for acting, they might have stood a chance. I tried my best to watch the whole series, but had to stop at the end of episode 3, as the acting was just that bad.

Not a bad movie, my guess is they spent most of the budget on Donald Sutherland, but money well spent. Others talk about how this movie reflects on the criminal justice system, and it does, but I think it does so just as well on court of public opinion, the media, and social media. It does beg the question of how anyone does get a fair trial in today's 24 hour news cycle and viral social media.