Movie thoughts -- A History of Violence

Saw this movie over the weekend. Very good, wonderful acting. Not sure I liked it, though. I think I was expecting something more specifically critical of violence, like Peter Weir's Witness. This seemed to be more an exploration of one man's hidden past and the impact of that on the people around him. Interesting, but not as interesting to me as I expected. William Hurt, onscreen for just a few minutes, makes the whole enterprise worth watching.