WORTH SEEING!!!!
OK, so the critics have totally panned it. Big deal. Part of the problem is that the movie was marketed as some kind of crime drama. It isn't. What it is, is a drama about the moral dilemma faced by a man who is an "officer of the court" (aka, lawyer) who screws up big by driving away from the scene of an accident where a child is killed. Was it stupid for him to do this? Absolutely. Are his actions as implausible as some critics have said? Unfortunately, no. Happens all the time, sadly. Just read the NY Times! Or the Daily News. Or the Post, which also said the movie sucked. It doesn't suck. You see excellent performances from Joaquin Phoenix, Jennifer Connolly, Mark Ruffalo, and Mira Sorvino. Go see it; it's actually very good.