well we definitely do see and i and many other people be actually expect bad . it do have some good part too it that i be not expect it still do fail in other area though . first off the acting be above average . i love phillip seymour hoffman in this movie and i like tom hank . hoffman be the glue to this movie . if it be not for him this movie would have crumble and hit rock bottom . his performance be by no mean stun but absolutely necessary . he give a good witty and cynical performance in what most other actor could have easily make his character into a cliché . tom hank really give a nice loose performance and do not disappoint but he certainly do not impress . what i could not stand be that julia robert be involve in this movie . she be a big of a miscast a i have ever see . for one she be a bad actress and at least to me and she be to young for her character and be to phony even for the character she be play . the directing be average to me . i be not really a big fan of the recent mike nichols movie and i be not exactly impress by this one either . it be make with such a hollywoodish and cartoonish touch hat i could not stand . the bad part about it be that he try make it be a really meaningful movie at the end . i love meaningful movie but not when a movie try to rush a scene or two at the end and show something that try to justify the rest of the garbage spread throughout the whole movie . that be something that mike nichols have seem to have do a lot in his recent track record . the one impressive part of this movie be the writing . the dialog be put together very well and be able to let the story play out . the writing be what be able to really able to take this movie to an above average level . in so many scene i find myself laugh in part by the writing . well that be some of what we saw at least . a lot of the scenery be good in the movie if you get what i mean but not a lot other than that . i do like that this movie do not glorify everything america have do . it be obvious that during this whole war in afghanistan the u. s. give weapon to the people who be now against u . this movie kind of show we be too blame for that . it show that what may seem good in the short term may turn into something horribly wrong in the future . this movie do have a good original message but it just do not deliver it right . overall though it be entertain .