mildly entertain but only for hopkins on screen . rest of movie be dreck . subplot with the corporate law firm be a complete waste of time . i do not understand why crawford fire the pistol through the window . what be the purpose of that and do not this provide ballistic evidence when those bullet be retrieve . now the big hole . crawford have to check the make of the nunally sidearm well in advance to purchase an identical pistol . be it possible that nunally might have notice a difference between his personal sidearm ( nick and scratch and general feel ) and the identical replacement weapon . why do not nunally ( or anyone else ) think it unusual that the murder weapon be the exact same pistol that he himself carry . how do crawford know that his wife would not have divulge her identity to nunally at some point in their liaison . assume that the only ballistic evidence be in the wife head and how could crawford know in advance of the shooting that it would not simply pass thru and at such close range and or that the bullet could not be surgically remove or that his wife would not have die from the shooting . any would provide ballistic evidence that nunally pistol be the murder weapon . the big and big hole . how do crawford know that nunally would be the officer arrive on the scene . be he the only homicide detective in town . it all fall apart if anyone else show up . raise by gosling and but unanswered in the plot and why do crawford remove his wife from life support when he could have simply leave the country for good a a free man .