Half Nelson - 5.0

I watched this one from Netflix as part of my attempt to finish off watching all the Oscar nominations from last year. Ryan Gosling certainly turned in a very good performance and the movie was well-done and all, it was just kind of boring. It was a small indie movie that felt half an hour too long. I should have some reviews of new movies up soon - I plan to see I'm Not There this week and Atonement at some point in the near future, and maybe Enchanted too, though right now I'm leaning towards avoiding the public embarrassment of seeing that one in theaters and waiting for it to come out on DVD. I also put La Vie En Rose and Away From Her at the top of my Netlfix queue because it looks like the lead actresses from each (Marion Cotillard and Julie Christie) currently look like frontrunners for Best Actress.