Exactly describes Matt Damon's character.
And the main reason I'm writing this review because I'm stunned not to see this quote in the review titles.
I'll let others parse out the specifics again but overall this is a SLOW BURN DRAMA with very little "action" or high-idle story lines. Matt Damon is a national treasure; a superior actor to the point I could probably go into the tiny Montana town nearest the farm where everybody generally KNOWS or HAS SEEN everybody before ... spend an hour with the Hardware Earl fixing a tractor tire, only to have me realize an hour later that that was NOT Earl but Matt Damon playing Earl.
Not for the dumb, vapid or impatient. In fact, it's taking me 3 days to go through it unless I sit down and pay 100% attention. For ME, an older single male without children, I found the daughter -- the very pivot of supposed sympathy and motivation -- to be unlikeable. SKIP SKIP The interpersonal dramas with the French family and Maya (good tho she was): SKIP, SKIP. These are the best parts noted for others with the patience, mood or heart. (Not me)
I think about a quarter of the movie is still waiting; unlikely to go back as I really don't care BUT again, due to my demographic.
And the main reason I'm writing this review because I'm stunned not to see this quote in the review titles.
I'll let others parse out the specifics again but overall this is a SLOW BURN DRAMA with very little "action" or high-idle story lines. Matt Damon is a national treasure; a superior actor to the point I could probably go into the tiny Montana town nearest the farm where everybody generally KNOWS or HAS SEEN everybody before ... spend an hour with the Hardware Earl fixing a tractor tire, only to have me realize an hour later that that was NOT Earl but Matt Damon playing Earl.
Not for the dumb, vapid or impatient. In fact, it's taking me 3 days to go through it unless I sit down and pay 100% attention. For ME, an older single male without children, I found the daughter -- the very pivot of supposed sympathy and motivation -- to be unlikeable. SKIP SKIP The interpersonal dramas with the French family and Maya (good tho she was): SKIP, SKIP. These are the best parts noted for others with the patience, mood or heart. (Not me)
I think about a quarter of the movie is still waiting; unlikely to go back as I really don't care BUT again, due to my demographic.