The Good Shepherd (2006)

I might have seen this film about the birth of CIA counter-intelligence, but it is so dull that I barely remember it enough to write this review. Matt Damon is fine as the main character, whom the film follows from his college days being recruited by the CIA to his own son having the same experience. Most of the rest of the cast, filled with well-known names who drop relatively quickly in and out of the story, also are fine in their roles. Angelina Jolie is the exception, horribly miscast as Damon’s long-suffering wife. The story jumps back and forth between different time periods quickly and without much clarity, aside from poor aging makeup that somehow Damon managed to avoid.

Oscar Nomination: Best Achievement in Art Direction