The simultaneous release of this film at theaters and on cable, with the DVD available a few days later was an interesting experiment in marketing. Sadly, it's not much of a product with which to conduct such a test. Ebert and Roeper babbled about the "real" feel of the characters, dialogue, and settings. Well, reality is often dull and so is this film. I recorded it on my dvr for convenient viewing and found myself fast-forwarding to fight through the tedium of the longer scenes. Some of the dialogue apparently is ad-libbed and, coupled with flat delivery, is tough to sit through. Even with a murder tossed in, the feel of the film is flat, flat, flat. Consider a nap instead.
