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As Good As It Gets

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Timberlake plays a young reporter who stumbles upon the endemic corruption of the titular city, as exemplified in the force called F.R.A.T.(I don't know, Delta Xi? Ironically, the members are all immature men), and he forms a shaky alliance with the jaded reporter(Freeman) he used to work for, and a great IA detective(Spacey). This badly needs to increase the volume of everything but the loud soundtrack, as I would not have been able to tell what was being said if I didn't use the subtitles. The acting is fine - this really doesn't deserve its all-star cast, though. Or even Roselyn Sanchez. Well, OK, maybe her. The plot is unengaging, and after a while, it resorts to just have bodies piling up to keep going. At first this limits the avenues through which evidence can be gathered by our leads, but eventually, they seem to decide that killing *will* solve all problems. Why is this an action flick? The story doesn't call for that, at all. If the scenes were at least filmed to elicit a righteous anger, but no, most of them are of these crooked policemen, and it's glorifying them. The climax is a car-chase, culminating in a shoot-out... involving a friggin' flamethrower! Come on. When did this stop being about revealing the truth? Anyone? And while it can be tense, the hard-boiled cop clichés are quite distracting, and as it goes on, they just keep increasing in number. This is 91 min sans credits, and even so, it can't maintain your interest. There is a lot of bloody, brutal violence, disturbing content and strong language in this. The DVD comes with a 12 and a half minute Making of 'Edison'(it has it's own page here on the site, I'll review it separately) and trailers for Supercross, Beyond the Sea, Lord of War, this, Wolf Creek, Lucky Number Slevin and The Matador. I recommend this only to big fans of investigation fiction. 5/10

In 2005, I remember seeing its trailer. Morgan Freeman was dancing, Kevin Spacey looking sullen, while there were bullets flying everywhere. I even remember that I passed by the movies, gazing at the poster and promising myself that I would attend it soon. Now, I thank god that I didn't! You've got to love the movie's idea. The search for the truth, challenging the putrid giants because of love, and the war between fat evil corporations and a few good men. That look good, unlike the movie itself ! Actually, the things seemed so forced, or being done in unquestioned way. Timberlake hates burying his story (Why? What's his motive there, before the tragedy of his love?). Freeman turns suddenly from a rusty drunken version of James Brawn into Kevin Costner in JFK??. And Kevin Spacey ?? Really, I'm speechless when it comes to his role !!And the provocation continues : one police officer is killed right in the police station and by the hands of another higher police officer while no interrogation happens later at all ?! Spacey's character buries the whole story at the end suddenly and unjustifiably while nobody objects ?!! Timberlake's girl goes to the hospital, near to dead, then disappears from the picture for good ??!! Though Naaa. Don't bother yourself asking. Maybe this movie's main purpose was the action. But even if, that came too late and too fabricated as well (why all the delaying from the bad guys to shoot up the 2 leads earlier; that should've been soothing for us !).The performance was between vexatious and laughable, mainly because this script gave everyone nothing. Even as stereotypes they weren't amusing or interesting. Therefore Spacey was a bad joke, being in a mute cameo (I bet he selected the horrible wig himself, maybe to express his hatred for such a role and movie!). Timberlake was like a panic-stricken mouse, I can't forget his voice squeaking every now and then while shaking his head in surprise: "What?.. What ?". Cary Elwes was delivering the lamest lines ever given to an evil man in the history of bad movies !And now ladies and gentlemen, we come to the course in this crapfest: Mr. LL Cool J. Well, his performance - in not a leading role - back in (Deep Blue See) sounds iconic compared to this one. He nearly assured here that he can't be the lead of anything. Believe me, big part of being unsatisfied while the watching comes from Mr. Cool. Simply, the feel of boredom in movies may come from many sources; this time, LL Cool J's face was undoubtedly a glaring one. The man did nothing but polishing his bald head by his hand, looking meanly to others, and walking while swaying his shoulders! His voice was boring, his motionless features seemed dumb (namely boring also!), and he seemed tired of this movie at places, maybe more than me ! So the movie's good intentions were ruined by this script, and the script's good points were ruined by this performance, and the movie's good performance was.. No.. There wasn't a good performance in the first place !This direction was a killer.. for its movie. The cadres are die-hard TV-ish. All the characters move non-meaningfully. It's tasteless without one scene that I can call very good, or even good. Did I say that the movie's scriptwriter WAS the movie's very director ?! Sometimes that could be subversive. Watch (Edison) to see a fair example !In the same week, I watched a movie named (Bordertown - 2006). Surely it made up for the agony of (Edison). And when it comes to gathering the personal case with the public case while being a hot thriller as well, (Bordertown) is a master. So to all the makers of (Edison) : watch and learn everybody !Originally, (Edison)'s 2 leads are pop singers. Truly LL Cool J and Justin Timberlake used to delight us with many songs and countless voluptuous girls dancing naked in their music videos (well, Justin's girls weren't that voluptuous but whatever!). In this movie they did it Bad. Too bad is the word. The scenes with them partaking the screen together were too unbearable to be seen. Please, go back to the music and keep up the good work, and the good girls, as you can.Finally, if someone ask me "What was good about it ?" I'll tell him : There was Morgan Freeman dancing randomly with a glass of wine, and.. and.. That's all I think. So, to everyone who didn't watch this movie, my advice is "Watch it if only you want to see Morgan Freeman dance". But Hey, it's in the movie's trailer! So, watch the trailer instead; it's more merciful this way !

Well... the movie actually does start off nicely, almost promising us a Training Day calibre movie. LL Cool J may not be a classy actor, but he outdoes all other rapper competition with two hands tied behind his back. Add to that Dylan McDermott, Kevin Spacey, Morgan Freeman and John Heard giving in solid performances and we almost hit a home run. Even Justin Timberlake, albeit slightly uneven and partially unconvincing, doesn't take away from enjoying the movie.I really liked most of the dialogues, which were nicely written and added a strong punch to interaction between characters.But if so much is right how the hell did the director steer so far off course and got completely lost? The first half of the movie actually sets up a great bad cop movie, but then suddenly we are thrown into the tragic territory of BAD script. And when I mean BAD I really must stress the capital letters. I won't get into too much detail, but the actions of the heroes and the baddies suddenly become so absurd and illogical from a moron's perspective, that you can only gasp in awe at the stupidity of the ending.The final shootout is just so out there in terms of common sense that it almost seems like someone forced it onto the poor director / scriptwriter David J. Burke. How can someone write such enticing dialogue and come up with such idiotic plot solutions? Dual personality disorder? Not even Spacey and Freeman can save this movie from being a qualified train-wreck.

Edison City is home to .F.R.A.T.; a elite group of officers who bring down the drug dealers of Edison; only the power they have been given turns them all into corrupt officers. Except for LL Cool J.Cool meets JT during a court case and soon JT is convinced about .F.R.A.T. corruption and uncovers a city wide conspiracy with terrifying consequences.LL Cool J plays the role of the man battling his conscience and gives a good performance while Justin does a good job as a young reporter.Kevin Spacey is always a bonus when he plays any type of role, while Morgan Freeman does a good job as the reporters boss.The film picks up towards the end; but watching this film I kept thinking, this would be great as a TV show.A good film with a promising cast.The reason I gave it a seven because a lot of people will dismiss this film because of the two leads, Justin Timberlake and LL Cool J; singer and rapper turned actors, both both do hold their own against screen veterans.