88 MINUTES (AL PACINO, LEELEE SOBIESKI, ALICIA WITT;2008)

THIS IS THE UNTHRILLING STORY OF A FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIST WHO’S COMPLETING HIS TRANSFORMATION INTO A PEACOCK. AL PACINO’S TAIL-FEATHER HAIRPIECE MAKES IT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TAKE THIS MOVIE SERIOUSLY. ONLY IN CLOSE-UPS, CUT OFF AT HIS FOREHEAD, WAS I ABLE TO ENGAGE THE PLOT, WHICH, IRONICALLY, COULD’VE BEEN CONCEIVED BY A BIRD. THE STORY IS THIS: DR. JACK GRAHM IS A FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIST WHO BASES HIS TESTIMONIES IN COURT ON POSITIVELY NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER. HOWEVER, BECAUSE HE HAS SUCH AN EXCELLENT REPUTATION, AND IS A BEST SELLING AUTHOR, ANYONE DR. GRAHM POINTS HIS WINGS AT IS A CRIMINAL. OBVIOUSLY, SOME DEFENDANTS ARE FRUSTRATED BY THE CAVALIER ATTITUDE WITH WHICH DR. GRAHM SENTENCES PEOPLE TO PRISON AND DEATH. ONE OF THE "FALSELY ACCUSED" IS BAD ACTOR, NEAL MCDONOUGH. NEAL MCDONOUGH SHOULDN’T BE CAST IN LOW BUDGET PORN, NOT TO MENTION ANYTHING DISTRIBUTED BY A COMPANY AS LARGE AS MIRAMAX. HOWEVER, HE MANAGED TO LAND THIS "COMEDIC" ROLE AS THE PUPPETEER BEHIND AL PACINO’S LAST 88 MINUTES ALIVE, AND WORST 108 MINUTES ON CAMERA….EVER. TAKE A PASS ON THIS AND GO WATCH A SUNSET, OR A COCKFIGHT, OR LOW BUDGET PORN. -TMJ