I was disappointed. Movie critic Carrie Rickey says it better than I, and I agree with her 100%:
"Everything about The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is longer than it needs to be. Its title, for one thing. Its duration - two hours and 40 minutes! - for another.
But mostly its excruciatingly deliberate pace makes you wonder if Andrew Dominik's film, as spare as it is self-important, intentionally unfolds in narrative slow-mo.
On the plus side, Brad Pitt's turn as the fastest (and most paranoid) gun in the West and that of Casey Affleck, as James' starstruck fan and killer, are sharp. Both are blunted and befogged by the film's atmospherics and glacial pace."
If you decide to watch this, take "no doze" and drink espresso. I score it a 3.5. Joe
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