Great movie! Longer than it needed to be/should have been. Acting was top notch. Somewhat predictable, but even with that it's still totally worth watching.
From the first shot, this movie showed it was trying too hard. The story had plenty of potential, and yet I never capitalizes on any of it.
If the movie had just been Edwards book, I think this would have been an inciteful and interesting story.
The acting was exceptional even when the characters were flat. Ultimately, I rated it so poorly because; even though I felt like the movie was underperforming for a large portion of it, I hung in there because the meta story was truely captivating. And then the movie completely screwes you over with the most garbage ending/payoff ever.
