this film have a lot of raw potential . the script be sharp and the dialogue be ( usually ) excellent ( though it could stand to lose the cheezy voice over ) and the direction and cinematography be surprisingly quite good and though some of the experimentation just doesn not work . the main problem here be david duchovny . once a geek boy and always a geek boy while and the sad and simple fact be that he incapable of play anything but fox mulder . he posture and he try to be slick and he pose and he try to be macho . in the end he just try too hard . he overplay his character and he overspeaks his line and and he just outplay in all way by timothy hutton and angelina jolie and who be each in a class above him in term of act skill . timothy hutton be ( a always ) really good . there be a spotty moment or two where he over dramatize his role and but you could tell he be have fun with it . he look the part and and he become the character both physically and atmospherically . angelina jolie be also really good . she do not have much of a role while in fact and i though she could have use a much strong one . her character wasn not nearly develop enough and though she do remarkably well with what she have . and the chemistry between her and hutton be apparent ( gee and maybe that why uma leave him . while ) all in all and it be rough around the edge and but a solid effort by a good cast and great support role . if david duchovny hadn not rip his role to piece it would have be that much good . positive .