Well, turns out Ben Affleck is a much better director than he is an actor, for here he has given us a tight, smart, suspenseful thriller. It is wonderfully well acted (obligatory mention of Amy Ryan's very rightly Oscar nominated turn as, well, not the best mother) and beautifully shot, with a script that moves back and forth from extremely profane (F-bombs drop like rain water - consider yourself warned) to sublimely poetic. And of course, a few nice twists are thrown in along the way.
Ultimately the movie becomes one that will challenge audiences, presenting some very hard moral choices. It ponders on right and wrong, but unlike many movies with similar themes, it does not decide for us which way is best. It merely presents itself and lets us decide for ourselves. That, my friends, is quality.
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