McConaughey is an infectiously odd kind of optimist.

Its hard not to.

And I wouldnt argue with them.

Matthew McConaughey;Richie Merritt

Credit: Scott Garfield/Columbia Pictures and Studio 8

The movie asks for a level of sympathy it never quite earns.

And its morality is maddeningly murky.

The film wants you to see this as a tragedy.

A miscarriage of justice for another victim of the eras stringent Just say no drug laws.