Drescher: Angelina Jolie's 'Unbroken' misses subject's deep faith

A great true story is telescoped down to a merely good one in Unbroken. After a dynamite first half-hour, Angelina Jolie's accomplished second outing as a director slowly loses steam as it chronicles the inhuman dose of 

This is the relentless, unflagging — and yet, never repetitive — pace of “Unbroken,” a moving, inspirational, slightly safe and comfortably old-fashioned drama from Angelina Jolie. Based on the Laura Hillenbrand best-seller (with a screenplay assist

Laura Hillenbrand's bestseller, "Unbroken," is a classic. While I had heard reports that the turning point in the book never made it to film, I attended a pre-release screening with an open mind. Audiences are told "Unbroken" is 

We had somewhat four wide releases, Walt Disney's DIS +0.6% Into the Woods (2,478 theaters), Angelina Jolie's directorial effort Unbroken (3,131 theaters), Mark Wahlberg's The Gambler (2,478 theaters), and Tim Burton's Amy Adams/Christoph Waltz 

This is the relentless, unflagging — and yet, never repetitive — pace of “Unbroken,” a moving, inspirational, slightly safe and comfortably old-fashioned drama from Angelina Jolie. Based on the Laura Hillenbrand best-seller (with a screenplay assist