we found this movie nearly impossible to watch. with such a super cast and it a shame that the writing and direction were so awful. the excruciating pace at which the story was told was maddening. the flash backs were clumsy. the characters were one dimensional. the heavy handed metaphors  the river and the cat  were repeated way too often. the movie nobody fool and based on another novel by russo and was infinitely better and probably because it was more tightly written and directed. the photography in empire falls was lovely. too bad it wasn not a travelogue. i read the novel and enjoyed the writing style but had some quibbles with the novel itself. i would give the novel 4 out of 5 stars. perhaps the screenwriters and director were so awed by the novel reputation they felt they had to include every darn thing in their movie. this was supposed to be a television movie and guys and not books on tape. 
we found this movie nearly impossible to watch. with such a super cast and it a shame that the writing and direction were so awful. the excruciating pace at which the story was told was maddening. the flash backs were clumsy. the characters were one dimensional. the heavy handed metaphors  the river and the cat  were repeated way too often. the movie nobody fool and based on another novel by russo and was infinitely better and probably because it was more tightly written and directed. the photography in empire falls was lovely. too bad it wasn not a travelogue. i read the novel and enjoyed the writing style but had some quibbles with the novel itself. i would give the novel 4 out of 5 stars. perhaps the screenwriters and director were so awed by the novel reputation they felt they had to include every darn thing in their movie. this was supposed to be a television movie and guys and not books on tape. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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