It's not bad enough to be an example of how *not* to make a movie, but it's not good either. It really succeeds at mediocrity, which some consider the greatest sin of all. It tried to find a satisfying reason for ending, but just ended -- or rather, trailed off. My biggest question at the end of the movie was: "How did Martin Sheen get 2nd billing for a couple of shots of him lurking in the background, and basically one speech?" Not "for shame," as another reviewer says -- more like "Nice work if you can get it."
Definitely a movie with an agenda. I feel as though its money wasn't well spent. They should have cut down on the vignettes and extras and sprung for a really good writer and a decent director who could have turned this into a truly suspenseful story with a cliffhanger ending, instead of the sappy try at "We're a family again."
There are worse ways to spend 90 minutes, and the movie was intriguing enough to get me to Google Jesse Marcel. Almost 4,000 hits. Check it out.
Definitely a movie with an agenda. I feel as though its money wasn't well spent. They should have cut down on the vignettes and extras and sprung for a really good writer and a decent director who could have turned this into a truly suspenseful story with a cliffhanger ending, instead of the sappy try at "We're a family again."
There are worse ways to spend 90 minutes, and the movie was intriguing enough to get me to Google Jesse Marcel. Almost 4,000 hits. Check it out.