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Created Jun 28, 2011 09:08PM PST • Edited Jun 28, 2011 09:09PM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Very Good 3.5

   I was surprised by this movie – it was much better than I had expected it to be (which, I guess, wasn’t hard to achieve since I had expected very little). I’m a fan of Natalie Portman (man, she’s good lookin’!) and Jake Gyllen—- Gillen—- Gylen—- Jillian—- Jake G (man, his last name is tough to spell), so having the two of them and the tag-along Tobey Maguire as leads was a pretty strong front line. The movie started off strong, got a little monotonous throughout the middle, but then was quite emotional and tense for a good 20 or 30 minutes at the end.

   Oh, and the drunk ex-Marine of a dad? A jaded characterization if I’ve ever seen one.

4. Acting

   Very Good 3.5

5. Male Stars Great 4.0

6. Female Stars Great 4.0

7. Female Costars Good 3.0

8. Male Costars OK 2.5

10. Film

    Good 3.0

11. Direction Good 3.0

12. Play Good 3.0

13. Music Good 3.0

14. Visuals Very Good 3.5
15. Content

16. Edge

    Sordid 2.6

17. Sex Innocent 1.0

18. Violence Savage 3.7

19. Rudeness Profane 3.2

21. Reality

    Glib 1.2

22. Circumstantial Glib 1.5

23. Biological Natural 1.0

24. Physical Natural 1.0