Why, WHY would anyone WANT to see this movie... it was about the most depressing 1.5hrs I've spent in a long time. After 45min of unrelenting misery, I could hardly wait for it to end. I knew going in that the subject matter was tough, but totally unlike a similar movie in the genre, like Saving Private Ryan, there really wasn't any great acting, heart tugging moments or ANYTHING to cheer about.

Particularly annoying about this movie was the score... the constant high pitch sound, meant to evoke tension (?), will give you a headache and it never lets up. The ridiculous back and forth between story lines (and day and night) didn't work for me... and I never felt the empathy toward characters that I probably should have. The ending was SO dragged out... and lifeless.

A movie doesn't have to make me "happy" to be entertaining... but sitting through this one felt like punishment. The media critics are idiots... save your money for something else less depressing- like a root canal, maybe?