esther:

woody allen once said the perfect movie is 87 minutes long

Bryan Landers:

right. i don't want to imply that no movies can work at 2.5hrs in length. but, you really gotta earn the audience's time and attention because there's a long history of movies that did a lot with 1.5hrs. if the longer movie doesn't do more, then it's a failure to craft the story or edit its content well.

nate beaty:

amen, 2.5 hours is too long unless you need it. i love American Psycho for it's brevity (as well as some of the most hilarious scenes ever, that helps too).