the movie do a nice job of contrast pacino a an insightful and sensitive and and articulate dude when sober and against someone who inevitably say and do really stupid thing when he blotto . i like the fact that the movie doesn not beat you over the head with this message . pacino give another outstanding performance and and he be begin to look like the ultimate winner of the pacino or deniro sweepstakes and base on lifetime achievement ( although neither career be far from over ) . this make a good double bill with the big easy . they both feature ellen barkin at a time in her career when sizzle sex scene seem to be write into her contract .