Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

BallWubba Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

carbuff I liked this movie overall, but it comes off as a well-made TV or cable production instead of a major motion picture. It's kind of nebulous, but it seems to be something about the production values that I can't quite put a finger on, but it just doesn't seem quite worthy of the big screen. I'm sure the book was better, but I really don't read any fiction anymore--I just watch filmed adaptations and listen to the complaints about how much better the book was. The trivial supernatural element was pretty lame and unnecessary (maybe worked better in the book), but the plot was solid and was driven by character and not action, which I generally prefer. As usual and expected, Tommy Lee Jones and the other well- established actors delivered decent performances. I would recommend this movie to anyone who is looking for a slower, more low-key thriller/mystery without a lot of in-your-face violence and gore that is so typical nowadays.

weasl-729-310682 Watched this on cable a couple times because it's set in the Louisiana bayous where my family on my father's side comes from. We're from Bodcau Bayou in Springhill, LA. It was only okay.Then I watched the real movie, and it lived up to the potential I knew it had. Don't watch this on cable, cut by commercials and censors. Tommy Lee Jones, nominated three times for best actor in a supporting role, and having won once for "The Fugitive" in 1993, will immerse you in N'awleans Cajun culture. Personally, I can't believe he did not win more for "No Country for Old Men." Well, he won the National Board of Review USA, and the San Diego Film Critics Society, and the Screen Guild Actors Award, but no Oscar, even though he was nominated.This is a story that will keep you mesmerized if you watch it uncensored and uncut. If your only option is cable other than TCM or Sundance skip it and find a video, but it'd worth seeking out.If you find it uncut it will bring you into the bayou culture for a couple of hours and really make you care about what happens to these characters.Most of the cable channels slash it too much too even follow it. Enjoy!

Rick James This is not just your typical a-a movie. Beyond the delectable Cajun flavor and the larger-than- life characters, the story is intriguing and probably too complex for the younger shoot-em-up crowd. The mixture of violence with misbehavior by the protagonist/hero makes you think about the moral question of ends justifying the means. The casting is good, the acting fine and on target, the scenery is accurate and the cinematography good enough but not sensational. I saw this in English before a French audience who clearly loved it, probably not even knowing the director is Bertrand Tavernier, a skilled French craftsman who knows how to pace the action and modulate the tension.

ctomvelu1 Jones picks up where Alec Baldwin left off, playing James Lee Burke's Louisiana-based detective Dave Robicheaux. This time around, Robicheaux is hot on the trial of a killer of hookers as well as the killer of a black man decades ago. He soon comes to believes the deaths are linked, and is guided along the way by a long-dead Confederate officer (Helm). He also is aided by a female FBI agent. The entire cast, which also includes John Goodman as one of the bad guys and Mary Steenbergen as Robicheaux's wife, is excellent. However, this is not your typical slam-bang whodunit but more of a character study. Shot on location, post-Hurricane Katrina, it absolutely oozes atmosphere and a sense of authenticity. It is for the most part very low-key. I understand there were post-production problems, and it shows in the choppy editing. Stil, worth a look.