Whatever you do, don't take the more negative reviews of this film seriously if you consider yourself socially and culturally aware in an American sense, or a person interested in immigration issues - see Trevor Aclea's review "The Broken Promise Land", Nov. 2006. This kitty cat's review clearly demonstrates that where you live, in his case across the pond in that "country" called "Europe", can sometimes produce analysis that is so off target and devoid of cultural understanding, you just got to utter "what". Save us all from the armchair anthropology, or lack of, Mr. Aclea.
For Nicholson fans who are aware of his timely ability to freshen the palette, especially more than his contemporaries (DeNiro, Pacino, Hoffman, to name a few), a more subdued and ethically challenged protagonist is Nicholson's "Charlie Smith". THe film has numerous humanistic angles filled with critical social commentary that will remain timeless to film aficionados, students of social science, and culture hungry types interested in more real-life events (non-linear) versus entertainment driven plots filled with predictable formula.
For Nicholson fans who are aware of his timely ability to freshen the palette, especially more than his contemporaries (DeNiro, Pacino, Hoffman, to name a few), a more subdued and ethically challenged protagonist is Nicholson's "Charlie Smith". THe film has numerous humanistic angles filled with critical social commentary that will remain timeless to film aficionados, students of social science, and culture hungry types interested in more real-life events (non-linear) versus entertainment driven plots filled with predictable formula.