Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

garnermcculloch I don't need movies to wrap up everything in a nice little package, but this one leaves a lot unanswered, and not in a good way. It just seemed like all the characters instead of coming together for the final act, just slowly drifted away from the central theme and then it ended. I swear the last look taht was given before the scene goes black is exactly the look I gave my wife when the credits started to roll.

grahamschat (IMDB virgin here so please be kind :)So the front cover really is the best indicator I think, "Some people tell lies, some live them".Can't really fault DeNiro, or Jovovich, both very good performances, but to me the star here is Norton.He really took me on a bit of a strange journey.This film is not about a Hollywood heist or cops and robbers anything like that, so this maybe be where the expectation is a bit off.This is more a psychological thing.I agree the ending is a bit flat really, could do with a bit more of a conclusion to the journey for me.So I thought the film was slow and the ending wasn't great but I really ended up feeling Jack's depression, Stone's epiphany and Lucetta's discomfort.To me that's not a waste at all, after all art is about invoking emotion, so it hit the spot OK.I gave it an 8 since all the actors really drew me into their characters

DJ-Ren Maybe I "missed the point" or "didn't analyze the character's actions enough" or didn't go out and discuss the movie with friends over cherry pie. I don't know. Here's what I do know - I was looking forward to this film BIG TIME! I'm a fan of the 3 main actors; and considering what Edward Norton pulled off in American History X (the scene where Norton surrenders to the police, and he's all buffed out/shaved head/goatee... and then does that grin/eyebrow lift... scarier than anything "Hannibal Lecter" ever did!), I was more than eager to see him in another prison movie. But a movie about emotions and redemption and whatnot... some movies pull this off beautifully. I just saw an indie flick called "I Melt With You", and I recommend it for any male out there. A synopsis would sound dumb, but any guy who is reaching 40 and realizes his life isn't what he thought it would be when he was 20 will be able to relate to all 4 main characters. But "Stone"... none of what the characters did seemed at all realistic, and their "personality changes" seem based on nothing at all. Like I said in my title, the movie was incredibly boring, and when it was over, all I could think of was, "What was the point of that??"

KineticSeoul This is a movie contrived of being all philosophical while trying to bring out human nature but it's a mess and underdeveloped. It's like the director or the writers weren't sure which direction to go. The main reason I decided to check this movie out is because it has Edward Norton playing a convict. But he plays a different type of convict to the one he played in "American History X". He is this kinda whinny and weird character that has a epiphany and tries to show his parole officer played by Robert De Niro that we are the way we are no matter what. While De Niro's character tries to convince himself that he is different by judging others. And the only character that is somewhat likable in this whole movie is Edward Norton's character that goes by the nickname Stone. But even he is underdeveloped and you really can't get a grip on any of the characters or who they are really. Even when the movie is finished, and it's a pretty crap ending by the way. They probably tried to go in a different direction and is indulgent in some areas but it doesn't really work. This movie become tedious and dull pretty early on without having any elements that make it gripping or even interesting. Even Robert De Niro's character is dull even though in the beginning his character seemed to have potential to stand out or at least be interesting. It's not a awful movie but by the end of it all I didn't feel like I gained much from this flick at all. Also the way Edward Norton's character Stone talks made me want to cough since he seemed to have a strep throat.5.1/10