c_j_williams This movie was a complete disappointment and nothing that I would expect from Robert De Niro. I feel as though I wasted most of my time watching it in hopes that it would go somewhere but it never did. Let me save you some time by suggesting that you find something else to watch.

riotnuts I Know , i know- it has low review score- almost unwatchable , right ?so . which one of the 3- Edward Norton, Milla Jovovich, Robert De Niro -acted badly- none in my option. Just that...its has no thrilling actions nor any digital special effect, the story is not extraordinary ,so the new I-phone generation would Never have the patience to withstand 1hour and 45 minutes of true documentary; in the sense that if it happen to you; you would end up the same way..The is more of a Thriller psychological Type 90's popular flake type- like Silent of the Lamb without the Violence(oh- Milla J went naked !!)

hall895 Robert De Niro and Edward Norton have long since established that they are great actors. Unfortunately Stone is a movie which pretty much completely wastes their talents. The plot does not engage, moves too slowly and quickly becomes repetitive. This is a movie which gets stuck in a rut that not even the greatest of actors can pull it out of.De Niro plays Jack, a prison officer who is soon to retire who evaluates prisoners who are up for parole, recommending whether they should be released. Norton plays Stone, a prisoner who will test Jack, tempt him, make him question things about himself. Used as the object of temptation is Stone's wife, Lucetta, who is given a mission to seduce Jack so that he may look upon Stone's case more favorably. Jack's moments with Lucetta add a little something different to a movie which otherwise is just De Niro and Norton sitting on opposite sides of a desk jabbering away at one another. Lots of talk, very little action in this movie.Stone is the convict but Jack clearly has some serious inner demons. There is an anger boiling inside him. If he ever had any faith he seems to have lost it. Stone meanwhile finds some new spirituality. Or maybe that's just a ploy to make him seem a better candidate for release. Jack's wife is deeply religious. Stone's wife most certainly is not. Spirituality hangs over the whole picture. The film appears to be trying to tell us something important. But it never gets the message across. Ultimately it all fizzles out with an ending which is not much of an ending at all, this is a movie with no real resolution to it. It is a movie which never comes together properly. With De Niro and Norton on board, playing off one another throughout, there was great potential. But that potential is wasted. Great actors let down by a lousy script. De Niro seems a little bored at times. Can't blame him really. But by and large he and Norton, as well as Milla Jovovich who plays Lucetta, make the most they can out of the material. The performances are fine. But the material is just not good enough.

KineticSeoul This is a movie contrived of being all philosophical while trying to bring out human nature but it's a mess and underdeveloped. It's like the director or the writers weren't sure which direction to go. The main reason I decided to check this movie out is because it has Edward Norton playing a convict. But he plays a different type of convict to the one he played in "American History X". He is this kinda whinny and weird character that has a epiphany and tries to show his parole officer played by Robert De Niro that we are the way we are no matter what. While De Niro's character tries to convince himself that he is different by judging others. And the only character that is somewhat likable in this whole movie is Edward Norton's character that goes by the nickname Stone. But even he is underdeveloped and you really can't get a grip on any of the characters or who they are really. Even when the movie is finished, and it's a pretty crap ending by the way. They probably tried to go in a different direction and is indulgent in some areas but it doesn't really work. This movie become tedious and dull pretty early on without having any elements that make it gripping or even interesting. Even Robert De Niro's character is dull even though in the beginning his character seemed to have potential to stand out or at least be interesting. It's not a awful movie but by the end of it all I didn't feel like I gained much from this flick at all. Also the way Edward Norton's character Stone talks made me want to cough since he seemed to have a strep throat.5.1/10