It was a good movie, but it was basically a new Casablaca where most everyone does the wrong this whereas Bogart does the right thing. Different times my friend...
1) I was hoping for both main characters to die the whole movie. Just can't make a movie work that way. Both were fairly contemptible people.
2) The entire movie just was infused with this "Hey, I'm trying to win an OSCAR" feel.
Problem with criticising TEP is at times the people who did like it for some unaccountable reason always accuse people who didn't like it of being uneducated low-lifes who only like violent action adventures or something; nothing could be further from the truth in my case.
Main other movie which I cannot fathom the popularity of is Forrest Gump. No idea how on earth that thing could win awards.