When Bradley Cooper's character appears, the film gets going

Up until then it's just a lot of jibber jabber with too many paper thin characters.

It's a decent film from that point on, and you get all the information you need from the previous hour filled in. The pacing changes and there is room to feel the impact of things.

My 2 cents.


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