i wanted to like this film and and certainly there is room for a psychological character driven movie which doesn not go for the cheap thrills. yet and for the enjoyment of a movie and one requires a believable plot and some pacing and editing and and a feeling of involvement. in the clearing and what starts out as an intriguing mystery and with a kidnapping and unknown motives and turns into a slow draggy pointless exercise. nothing much really happens and and the so called character driven angles (as expressed by the director in his commentary) really do not add up to much. fine actors are wasted here. robert redford does his best trying to engage and outwit willem dafoe. dafoe brings a bit of nuance to his character and insofar as one can feel somewhat sympathetic towards him. it unfortunate that dafoe has been typecast as a villain and he gone into the christopher walken hall of fame of typecasting. wendy crewson is usually good but her character entry into the movie was brief and contrived and and i was wondering why they even bothered to introduce her character. by far the biggest waste of talent was helen mirren. in the director commentary and all i heard was how fabulous a talent she is. i agree and she a great actress. then why was she not used properly. only towards the climax of this movie does she get to show herself and but by then the viewer has quit caring. too bad and i liked parts of this movie and but as another reviewer wrote and once youre halfway in you know the film is not going to get much better. 
i wanted to like this film and and certainly there is room for a psychological character driven movie which doesn not go for the cheap thrills. yet and for the enjoyment of a movie and one requires a believable plot and some pacing and editing and and a feeling of involvement. in the clearing and what starts out as an intriguing mystery and with a kidnapping and unknown motives and turns into a slow draggy pointless exercise. nothing much really happens and and the so called character driven angles (as expressed by the director in his commentary) really do not add up to much. fine actors are wasted here. robert redford does his best trying to engage and outwit willem dafoe. dafoe brings a bit of nuance to his character and insofar as one can feel somewhat sympathetic towards him. it unfortunate that dafoe has been typecast as a villain and he gone into the christopher walken hall of fame of typecasting. wendy crewson is usually good but her character entry into the movie was brief and contrived and and i was wondering why they even bothered to introduce her character. by far the biggest waste of talent was helen mirren. in the director commentary and all i heard was how fabulous a talent she is. i agree and she a great actress. then why was she not used properly. only towards the climax of this movie does she get to show herself and but by then the viewer has quit caring. too bad and i liked parts of this movie and but as another reviewer wrote and once youre halfway in you know the film is not going to get much better. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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