An overgrown altar boy (Edward Norton in his debut) is accused of murdering an archbishop (Stanley Anderson), and the truth is buried several layers deep.
Roger Ebert wrote, "the plot is as good as crime procedurals get, but the movie is really better than its plot because of the three-dimensional characters." That is fair. The plot is overshadowed by the characters, because we never fully get into the plot as much as we probably should. Many questions remain unanswered.
This was the debut role of Edward Norton, and it is a pretty strong one. In the words of the great Aaron Christiansen, it seems that Norton was an actor acting actory. But it got him the attention he needed to get some nominations and be a success ever since.
Roger Ebert wrote, "the plot is as good as crime procedurals get, but the movie is really better than its plot because of the three-dimensional characters." That is fair. The plot is overshadowed by the characters, because we never fully get into the plot as much as we probably should. Many questions remain unanswered.
This was the debut role of Edward Norton, and it is a pretty strong one. In the words of the great Aaron Christiansen, it seems that Norton was an actor acting actory. But it got him the attention he needed to get some nominations and be a success ever since.