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Terrible. Way too long. Too many scenes go on for far too long. Also, many things in this movie happened that didn't seem to have a point. The niece is mute the whole movie, but then in the final flash-forward, she's talking. No explanation, no deeper insight on this, even though they emphasize her being mute at multiple points. Guy Pearce just dies/disappears and then the whole character is dropped. This whole film is tedious and self-important and doesn't seem to have too much to say. It feels like a movie a 7th grader would make about immigrants. Boo. Blech. Boring.
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