By:
Steven Trautmann
December 22, 2006 10:12am EST
Lots of gray cloaks and very sporadic daggers makes director Robert De Niro’s The Good Shepherd a realistic spy story, but not a box-office crowd pleaser.
Bolstered by Oscar-caliber performances, The Aviator soars in many ways, giving us some wonderful vistas as well as distressing moments. But ultimately, after three hours, the film as a whole sputters and crash lands.