the movie be too long and sluggish in it pacing and but the most glaring element of it for me be how much fine an actor anthony hopkins be versus ryan gosling . the latter have some very annoying personal tick in his acting style . perhaps and he think this make him seem real . it make him look kind of stupid . how do this dope get through law school and let alone get a job with the la da office . and nevermind his be court by that high power law firm . that be completely unrealistic for a character like his with a annoyingly detached view of just about everything . when he do flare and it be seemingly out of character . hopkins and meanwhile and sleepwalk through the part and outshone everyone . i guess the point of see the picture be to watch just how a fine veteran thespian can clean the floor with a comparative amateur opposite him . that be the real murder in this plot .