With a stellar cast and Robert Redford directing, the expectations are high, which is why the final result was so disappointing. Billed as a Thriller, this storyline had all the hallmarks of a great, edge-of-your-seat, surprise-around-the-corner true thriller but it just didn't cut it.
The cast was outstanding but all wrong! Sorry, but Mr. Redford you're 77 years old, hardly an impressionable college kid in the 70's when The Weather Underground was active. Likewise Julie Christie at 71 (both of these people look fantastic for their age but...) was too old for her role. Oh yeah, and Brendan Gleeson (who I adore) would have been no more than 15 when he was the officer investigating the crime that ties this all together. For some viewers these details may not have mattered (clearly they didn't based on reviews) but it was a big deal to me.
I may have been able to get past what I thought were serious casting mistakes if the story had lived up to what it could have been, suspenseful, exciting, intelligent drama. Instead it was weak and boring.
The Company You Keep certainly isn't the worst movie of the year and it might be an okay rental if you aren't expecting too much from the start.
The cast was outstanding but all wrong! Sorry, but Mr. Redford you're 77 years old, hardly an impressionable college kid in the 70's when The Weather Underground was active. Likewise Julie Christie at 71 (both of these people look fantastic for their age but...) was too old for her role. Oh yeah, and Brendan Gleeson (who I adore) would have been no more than 15 when he was the officer investigating the crime that ties this all together. For some viewers these details may not have mattered (clearly they didn't based on reviews) but it was a big deal to me.
I may have been able to get past what I thought were serious casting mistakes if the story had lived up to what it could have been, suspenseful, exciting, intelligent drama. Instead it was weak and boring.
The Company You Keep certainly isn't the worst movie of the year and it might be an okay rental if you aren't expecting too much from the start.