Review: The Good Shepherd

Edward Wilson (Matt Damon) is recruited into a secret society and joins in at the birth of the CIA.

A fair movie with decent performances. Although, Edward Wilson has to be the most boring character/real person imaginable and with 2 and a half hours of movie that's a lot of boring. However, the twists and turns of his life were interesting and the spy action was very intriguing, double agents, friends who were enemies, enemies who were friends. Be prepared to really concentrate on the plot as it jumps backward and forward through his life and can be confusing with all the people switching sides. Don't expect any laughs either. I think I remember one joke, hmm maybe not. But who expects laughs from this kind of movie anyway. Definitely not a movie I want to see over and over again, but an interesting story about the CIA.

My favorite parts of the movie:

Spy stuff

3 out of 5 stars.