Al Pacino is too old to be playing the hip, womanizing professor. Watching him romance girls young enough to be his grand-daughter feels wrong. More importantly, the script seems to have been written with a younger man, about twenty years, in mind. He isn't bad, but with the age factor and the seen it before feeling for Pacino, Insomnia and Sea of Love, he and his badly colored hair are a distraction. It wouldn't matter much though, because the script is mostly stale. There is a good number of suspects to ponder and the way that Pacino's Gramm "reads" people is hinted at, but none of the suspects are fleshed out and the real culprit is a surprise in a bad way. Her? It's all unimpressive, but it's nothing atomic.
P.S. Yeah, I know, Pacino is only 67. Watch those other movies, Sea of Love and Insomnia, they are similar, but better.
P.S. Yeah, I know, Pacino is only 67. Watch those other movies, Sea of Love and Insomnia, they are similar, but better.