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Morgan Freeman's character was the one role I thought was completely miscast. Otherwise it was great for all the reasons Dom and the others in the thread have mentioned. - Rick
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Ty Burr of the The Boston Globe represented my thoughts regarding the casting of Morgan Freeman in
this review excerpted below:
"Affleck's not certain what to do about race, though - he is from these parts, isn't he? - and white characters in the book have been cast with black actors (Gathegi, Morgan Freeman as a police captain) in ways that don't feel entirely organic to the tale. Yes, we're a more modern, cosmopolitan city than Lehane and "The Departed" indicate; no, Southie is not now nor ever has been all mook. And, yes, we're still chained to our ghosts. When the great Boston movie is finally made, it will deal with class and race and the past, and no one here will want to see it.
That said, "Gone Baby Gone" gets tantalizingly close.