This is an absolutely wonderful movie if you're baking a turkey and have nearly 3 hours to kill. It's ideal for a long distance flight, while waiting for a root canal, or before and during major surgery. If you have the patience to watch for 3 hours this movie gladly enough pays off in some ways.
With an absolutely all star cast, this film, directed by Robert De Niro, is very good. IF YOU HAVE TIME! It stars Matt Damon as Edward Wilson who is recruited by the CIA during the beginnings of the Cold War and tracks his career from the very outset. It is an intricate look into the life of a CIA executive and shows how America developed its National Security agenda and how it impacted the lives of many of its men. The cast again is first rate with De Niro, Alec Baldwin, Joe Pesci, Timothy Hutton, John Tuturro, Jason Patrick, and Angelina Jolie as Edward Wilson's wife.
Despite it's great direction, and stellar cast, the movie gets slow at times so I would suggest breaking it up into 2 nights of viewing. Damon does a great job as usual, of portraying an emotionless follower of America's defense agenda during the Cold War. He is cold calculating and very subdued but this adds to the complexity of his character. Angelina Jolie also does a good job, but somehow I found it hard to believe that her ultra hot looking character would fall for the rather bland and banal Wilson. Yes he gets her pregnant but come one, I don't believe she would ever have sex with him no matter how drunk she was!
A very well written but exceedingly long screen play lead to an engaging film but again, if you have time to kill it's worth a look.
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