THE GOOD SHEPHERD still interested me greatly. Many reviews I have read found the film boring and less that factual in some cases ( such as the Bay Of Pigs fiasco), and maybe there could have been a little more left on the cutting room floor, but overall the subject matter intrigued me. For those unfamiliar with this film, it supposedly deals with the first 20 years of the CIA and does features at least two real life characters ( Deniro and Crudup's). Matt Damon portrays Edward Wilson, a member of Yale's highly secretive Skull and Bones society. He is recruited by the OSS and does some spy work during the 2nd world war and then becomes a member of the OSS offspring, the CIA. Damon does a good job in showing us a transformation from a fairly decent human being to a cold calculating officer of the CIA, and how that transformation affects his relationship with those he purportedly loves. Jolie plays his wife and though her part is small I found it convincing. So, do I recommend it to others ? Only if you don't mind slow moving plots and are interested in the subject matter. If not, then better stay away and avoid the chance of falling asleep.
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