Movies

Over the weekend we watched this movie. It was very good. It is about the war in the Middle East. Leo DiCaprio plays a spook. Russell Crowe is his boss. Leo seems like a capable guy but Russell is always interfering in his efforts. Leo almost gets killed because of it.
If this is how things are done over there it is no wonder our efforts are in vain!




This movie was up for many awards. I like Richard Jenkins. He was the Dad on Six Feet Under. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0420955/
He plays Walter, a guy with an empty life, who finds a couple living in his New York apartment. (He lives in Connecticut full time.) He gets to know the man, Tarek. They share a love of music. Tarek teaches Walter to drum. Unfortunately, Tarek gets arrested for a crime he did not commit. Walter is upset by this. We find out that Tarek and his lady are in the US illegally. Tarek gets threatened with deportation. His mother shows up because Tarek has not called her in 5 days. She and Walter start dating but everything comes to an end when Tarek gets deported back to Syria.
I think everyone shloud see this film. I felt bad for Tarek and the other illegal people in the movie but also a little pissed because of all the crap we have to go through to keep the King a legal resident.