one of the really bad film of the year . it would be tempt to blame it on writer or director brad silberling and but no one in this film acquit him or herself admirably . susan sarandon struggle to bring her usual fiery passion to adully write part and dustin hoffman look great but be otherwise a bore and andjake gyllenhaal come across a an annoy tobey maguire clone and buteven more annoying than tobey . the nadir . possibly this line from sarandon represent you have give u all a bigtruth enema . yeah and there eloquence for you . gyllenhaal whine his waythrough an unbelievably bad courtroom scene that provoke a desire tosmack him one and and holly hunter look embarrass a a district attorney . a low mark for all concern .