i have go to the movie expect to see a great film base on all the word of mouth and terrific review . the minute the opening sequence start i know i be in trouble . the music and credit be try so hard to evoke emotion i want to puke . all i get from this film be clichéd character and contrive dialog and an unemotional script . director or writer paul haggis have manage to get great review with his manipulative and self righteous write and but it doesn not fool me . some performance be good . don cheadle be always good . i think terrance howard be slightly over rat but he be decent . ludicrous be way too on the nose . he should stick to rap . brendan fraser be fine . jennifer esposito leave no impression what so ever . i find nothing interest about her . sandra bullock be always the same in every movie and she just okay . matt dillon be very good and i enjoy watch him work . ryan philippe be good as well . but as far a the script and the lousy directing this be actually one of those movie that be so annoyingly bad i actually take the time to write about it . i would not recommend this film to anyone and what a waste of time .