Wayne Braun

In the best performance of his career, Ben Affleck tells a story of a son and father dealing with great personal trauma and loss, suffering through his inability to deal with it - choosing alcohol to dull and suppress the pain. It’s a well told story of the darkest moments and the struggle to find healing among family, friends realizing it requires a calling from within to live up to being our best selves - - which he achieves. His emotional portrayal is honest, intense and appears to come from deep inside. Writing, direction, cinematography, editing, settings and musical score are wonderfully synchronized - simple - direct - and very personal taking the viewer close-in and a part of the story...it has documentary-like realness - rare for Hollywood...it is cinema magic!!! The rest of the cast are “perfectly selected” and also as real as imaginable... Ben’s had a lot of controversy in his life recently, I couldn’t help but imagine that this was very personal and soul exposing for him. His portrayal and the theme of this movie are both redeeming and may give him the second chance he has worked to realize. This is a very good movie!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

FINALLY!!! An all around entertaining movie!! KGB - CIA - SPIES - TRUST - DECEIT - ACTION - INTRIGUE....Smart script and complexly fascinating story. Shasha Luss (amazing) and Helen Mirren (Oscar worthy) are 100% convincing in their intense roles. Other players produce equally good performances. Set in the late 1980’s early 90’s the film “tastes” exactly right...The story has lot’s of chess like twists and turns so I’m not going to spoil it by writing any more - other than I highly recommend seeing this one!!! 💥💥💥💥💥