Robert Redford - The Company You Keep (x-post amazon)

This movie is nice. I'd say that much. Having been on something of a Redford-rampage lately i'd venture to say that it is a nice continuation on themes that have appeared previously in his career as well. The basic plotline, fugitive, question of guilt, the chase, the potentiality of loss, the detective, the old network. All aspects that work nicely together and is done in a respectful manner. Old secrets come to light at an amicable pace, and the movie manages to make at least certain reveals not completely obvious. The inevitability of Redfords character's redemption makes the movie lack a little nerve though. In the end it boils down to "conformist dad gets redemption and evil ideologue goes to jail, whilst intrepid journalist learns a lesson about why to keep secrets". Because all we want is a happy family life right, so please just shut up already. Which should be expected for this kind of movie, and which, dealing with the topic at hand is strictly speaking necessary for the movie to be in any way publishable. Fair enough, even with irritants as mentioned above it was an emotionally moving film that dealt with an aspect of american history worthy of attention.