the great effort plus the fine cast ever assemble in a movie by the director tim robbins and susan sarandon and sean penn on the front row . someone say that this movie be good because direct and write by tim robbins but i convince you that sean penn and susan sarandon have give me a truly superb performance that i cry my heart out . their acting be so real . no doubt about it that this movie be rat 4 and 3/4 out of 5 .