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Is this movie too realistic for you?


Like some posters have noted before, this movie does an excellent job of being realistic. But apparently that's a problem for many viewers. People used to typical Hollywood movies are having a hard time digesting the fact that Hank made up with Carla, the way the judge died, the youngest brother's mental handicap, the poop on the bathroom floor, the way that Sam's (the ex girlfriend) subplot ends, etc., etc.

This is what real life looks like: it's complicated, there aren't cute short answers for everything, and things can get ugly. Not every subplot gets resolved with a neat, cute, happy ending.

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I don't know how so many people hate this movie. Watched it the first time and I wet my pillow out of tears.

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I think they were expecting RDJ and Duvall to be clear, clean-cut hero's and for there to be no grey areas.

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Judging by the title, I did expected it to be kinda a movie about law, and then I was surprised that it's more about the family than the law part.

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I enjoyed this movie.
When I was watching it, I really didn't ask myself whether this movie was realistic or not.
Basically, I just wanted to know where the main plot and the sub-plots were going to go.
I had not heard of this movie before, and stumbled on to it one night when it was on HBO.
Glad I watched it.
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