On Feb 10, 11:35*pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:

..*first 1/2 was great
acting and some thought. *Last 1/2 was both weird and no real conclusion..
How it gets critical acclaim as one of the best movies of the year is either
because the rest of the crop is really bad, or there are different criteria
used by the professional critics.


Sounds kind of like you're describing the 2008 Presidential race,
doesn't it...?