i have see this movie last week during the berlin film festival and have medium high expectation . the director be bertrand tavernier and i be familiar with some of his previous work in french cinema . i actually enjoy some of his early movie . the cast represent tommy lee jones and john goodman and peter sarsgard and mary steenburgen . i be look forward to see all this talent on screen . i wasn not familiar with the book it base upon and i hadn not read anything about the movie beforehand but i be tell that it be an investigation movie set in the deep south ( we have see a lot of those in the past and maybe this one gon na be as good a the others . ) 2 hour later and the end title appear represent thank god it be over . the plot be beyond comprehension . if you have read the book and you have a significant advantage . there be too many minor character and there be a lot of useless plot arc . we do not understand a thing . the accent . my god . tommy lee jones accent be decent but i still have nightmare from mary steenburgen cajun french singing . poor casting in my opinion . i can not believe old man tommy lee jones can beat the crap out of a linebacker build goon . and i be not afraid of john goodman . who be these people . we barely understand who all these character be and what they do . there a bait shop . tommy lee jones have a girl from guatemala . blörg . the comedic attempt be pathetic . the funny thing about the movie be probably it action and suspense scene . they be horrible . no thrill . bad act ( can tommy lee jones make different face or be he like derek zoolander . ) . and then there the sci fi stuff . no spoiler but it get ridiculously and annoyingly weird . i usually do not write any comment on imdb but i think the movie be so bad and disappointing that i felt compel to share my opinion . but that just me .