The cast may have done a great job, but there was not much to work with. The story takes over 2 hours to tell, and in the end you are asking why did it take so long. The various plots and sub-plots might have been interesting if they ever lead anywhere (or took less time).
The characters relationships with each other change from scene to scene without any good explanation for why. By the end of the movie, one has to speculate regarding what happened and why it happened.
There is also a weird juxtaposition of what appear to be realistic courtroom scenes with reasonable attorney objections and rulings by the judge (think serious version of My Cousin Vinny) followed by over-the- top theatrical Hollywood courtroom scenes where one wonders if the attorneys and judge have fallen asleep or left the courthouse.
By the end of the movie, I was waiting for something to happen to make the movie worthwhile and it never did.
The characters relationships with each other change from scene to scene without any good explanation for why. By the end of the movie, one has to speculate regarding what happened and why it happened.
There is also a weird juxtaposition of what appear to be realistic courtroom scenes with reasonable attorney objections and rulings by the judge (think serious version of My Cousin Vinny) followed by over-the- top theatrical Hollywood courtroom scenes where one wonders if the attorneys and judge have fallen asleep or left the courthouse.
By the end of the movie, I was waiting for something to happen to make the movie worthwhile and it never did.