I'm not sure whether this one is supposed to be a comedy or a thriller. It seems like the Brad Pitt portions are supposed to be comedy/thriller and the Julia Roberts portions seem more in the vein of romantic comedy (big surprise!!) Yes, it's true, Julia and Brad have only about 15 minutes total screen time together. Kind of disappointing considering that most viewers will go into this expecting a HUGE megastar-power picture. This isn't the huge megastar-pairing vehicle intended, but a regular movie with two main roles that would probably have been served better with less star-wattage: either Brad Pitt and another, lesser known female co-star, or Julia Roberts and another, lesser known male co-star. As it is, James Gandolfini, as the gay (why? does his sexuality actually ADD anything to a fundamentally road-movie-ish, bumbling-fugitive movie?) thug holding Ms. Roberts' Samantha hostage while his bosses try and track down Pitt in Mexico, practically steals the whole picture right out from under the rug of our two stars. Another fault, the movie has about four endings!! I hate when that happens in a movie, especially when the movie isn't that good to begin with! It makes a sluggish movie seem so much longer!!
All three leads are OK to watch by themselves, as always, but the movie has more of a "who cares?" aura surrounding it. Ultimately, 'The Mexican' ends up being a big waste of time and money. Hopefully the mechanism of pairing two powerful and talented Hollywood stars will be put to better use in a better project in the future.
All three leads are OK to watch by themselves, as always, but the movie has more of a "who cares?" aura surrounding it. Ultimately, 'The Mexican' ends up being a big waste of time and money. Hopefully the mechanism of pairing two powerful and talented Hollywood stars will be put to better use in a better project in the future.