Snap Review of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Posted by Matt Rosenberg on March 31, 2009 at 7:00 am
So I’ve been curious about this movie for a long time now. The previews looked pretty good and I’m typically a sucker for period pieces. Unfortunately, I was pretty disappointed from this movie. Based on the book by Ron Hansen
, this movie is very slow and way too long. I understand this movie is a based on a book, but that doesn’t mean there needs to be a narrator that is practically reading the book to us throughout the entire movie. The story is too choppy and tough to follow. The length of the movie title is as equally long and pretty much a mouthful to say.
Starring Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell and Mary Louise Parker, this film is not worth spending 3 hours watching. Brad Pitt plays a paranoid Jesse James trying to plot his final bank robbery with a bunch of untrustworthy amateurs. Casey Affleck steals the show with his portrayal of Bob Ford
but it is not enough to make this a film worth watching. On a side note, Casey Affleck is slowly becoming a leading man in Hollywood especially with his recent hit Gone Baby Gone. It’s too bad because I really expected big things from this movie. Check out my review.
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