Washed up older white collar hustler dabs with politics = slow, political b.s. and very pointless, and I do mean pointless.
I was hoping for some big climax, and granted I got some interesting story line towards the last 20 mins of this film, but not worth the wait. I considered giving up watching this to the end at least 4x since the start.
The almost 2 hours of this film needed to be edited down to 1:20 mins.
I still gave it a 5/10 only due to the outstanding performances by Richard Gere, Lior Ashkenazi, Michael Sheen and Steve Buscemi as the Rabbi, who really wasn't meant for this role. Every time I see him, I expect comedy, and this wasn't his character.
The ending was bittersweet, but the build up towards it was very slow and dragged out.
If you're into politics, especially Israel/USA issues, and like the scenery of NYC, then you may find this more enjoyable.
Only the characters barely held my attention.
It's barely a 5/10 from me.
I was hoping for some big climax, and granted I got some interesting story line towards the last 20 mins of this film, but not worth the wait. I considered giving up watching this to the end at least 4x since the start.
The almost 2 hours of this film needed to be edited down to 1:20 mins.
I still gave it a 5/10 only due to the outstanding performances by Richard Gere, Lior Ashkenazi, Michael Sheen and Steve Buscemi as the Rabbi, who really wasn't meant for this role. Every time I see him, I expect comedy, and this wasn't his character.
The ending was bittersweet, but the build up towards it was very slow and dragged out.
If you're into politics, especially Israel/USA issues, and like the scenery of NYC, then you may find this more enjoyable.
Only the characters barely held my attention.
It's barely a 5/10 from me.