I got as much (if not more) by just reading the front page headline in the New York Times when they broke the news for the first time that Jerry Sandusky, the former long-time defensive coordinator of Pennsylvania State University's football team was charged with 40 counts of child sex abuse.
No really, this film totally sucked and it provided no additional insight into what Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno did or didn't do to address child predator Jerry Sandusky, who was Paterno's long-time defensive coordinator. I can't recall one scene in the film where Paterno even confronted Jerry Sandusky about his diddling ways, or where the two characters were even in the same room.
Al Pacino also sucked playing head coach Joe Paterno who in reality was 84 years old and still coaching one of the elite college football teams in the United States, until his culpability in the alleged sex scandal that he allowed to continue for decades under his leadership got him fired.
There is a story in the actual events, but it is too bad that the lazy screen writers and the absolute poor acting by Al Pacino and his two sons played by Greg Grunberg and Larry Mitchell didn't put it in the film. These actors and the rotten story line drove me nuts as they discussed how to address the news reporters outside their home and would not address the elephant in the room. How ironic that Penn State football coach Joe Paterno escaped much of the public outcry and newscasters criticism by simply dying a few months after the story broke. Even with his death the film fizzled and the end credits rolled.
A total snore and bore fest
No really, this film totally sucked and it provided no additional insight into what Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno did or didn't do to address child predator Jerry Sandusky, who was Paterno's long-time defensive coordinator. I can't recall one scene in the film where Paterno even confronted Jerry Sandusky about his diddling ways, or where the two characters were even in the same room.
Al Pacino also sucked playing head coach Joe Paterno who in reality was 84 years old and still coaching one of the elite college football teams in the United States, until his culpability in the alleged sex scandal that he allowed to continue for decades under his leadership got him fired.
There is a story in the actual events, but it is too bad that the lazy screen writers and the absolute poor acting by Al Pacino and his two sons played by Greg Grunberg and Larry Mitchell didn't put it in the film. These actors and the rotten story line drove me nuts as they discussed how to address the news reporters outside their home and would not address the elephant in the room. How ironic that Penn State football coach Joe Paterno escaped much of the public outcry and newscasters criticism by simply dying a few months after the story broke. Even with his death the film fizzled and the end credits rolled.
A total snore and bore fest