Michael Cole
over 4 years
ago
Poor pacing, should have been half as long.
zorlack
almost 6 years
ago
TGS has a pace problem. Good actors, interesting setting and subject. Still felt too long.
Tony Gandía
6 years
ago
In serious need of an editor. Long, slow and plodding.
Samantha Vance
7 years
ago
One of the most boring films I've ever watched.
Bijit Sarkar
over 7 years
ago
You have to watch it twice and maybe Thrice to Understand the Movie.. MUST WATCH
Victor Sandoval
over 8 years
ago
Well done movie, Lots of histrory facts. Love it
The Good Shepherd is a 2006 spy film directed by Robert De Niro and starring Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie, with an extensive supporting cast. Although it is a fictional film loosely based on real events, it is advertised as telling the untold story of the birth of counter-intelligence in the Central Intelligence Agency. The film's main character, Edward Wilson (portrayed by Matt Damon), is loosely based on James Jesus Angleton and Richard M. Bissell. This was Joe Pesci's first film appearance after his six year hiatus from acting between 1999 and 2005.
A photograph and an audio recording on reel-to-reel tape are dropped off anonymously at the home of Edward Wilson (Matt Damon), a senior CIA officer, after the 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba fails due to an undisclosed leak. While riding to work on the bus, Edward is approached by a young boy who asks if Edward has change for a dollar. Upon arriving at work, Edward's assistant checks the serial number of the dollar against a long...