Steven Spielberg. Robin Williams. Dustin Hoffman. Julia Roberts. The 1990's. All of the pieces for a great movie, and somehow still a devastating 29% on Rotten Tomatoes. 

This week, my guest is my friend Eric Small, a nurse here in West Virginia. We discuss his deep abiding love for this "not-as-bad-as-it-seems" movie and where we could shave 20 minutes off to make it more manageable. Was Spielberg too ambitious? Did the critics bring too much baggage with them about the cast? Is this actually a bad movie? Is this movie the spiritual predecessor to Our Flag Means Death? Eric and I discuss all of this and more.