Review of The Pledge (2001) by Ryan M — 23 Jan 2005

The Pledge is a deeply dark film with some excellent acting, but Sean Penn's direction is so slow that you become mentally mired down. From reading other posts, it seems that many others thought this was an excellent film, but my perception, after seeing it in the theater and later on video, was that it was just drudgery to watch.

I typically like dark films, but the Pledge was too depressing and overall just mind numbingly boring.