I didn't really get this movie. It's supposed to be a black comedy, so I expected something like Burn After Reading, World's Greatest dad or Death at a Funeral... boy, was I wrong. I never actually found anything to be funny (except maybe the strangely happy music during scenes that weren't technically happy at all), so I had to take this in as just a very strange drama. It's very complicated and moves along at a brisk pace, so I had to check Wikipedia afterwards to make sure I understood everything. White collar terminology is used without restraint, and nothing is spelled out clearly enough to understand without paying complete attention. It's the sort of movie where missing the wrong word will make the following few minutes appear completely devoid of sense.
However, Matt Damon 's acting is quite enjoyable, and the story this is based on is surprisingly interesting. So, even though the movie feels a bit long, it manages to keep your interest and display some interesting ethical conflicts and situations along the way. It just never really seems to know what it's doing.
In a sentence:
Unfunny, convoluted and difficult to understand, but displays some interesting acting, situations and morality conflicts.
