Watching Paul Haggis' latest film,
The Next Three Days, I was reminded what's the most annoying aspect of Haggis' Oscar-winning
Crash. It's not that the guy isn't talented -- it's that he is talented. He's got an ability to come up with clever dialogue and situations, but he consistently torpedoes his own films by being so pleased with his own cleverness. I go into depth about
The Next Three Days over at
Screen International.