Sometimes we might come to a movie expecting one thing and then get perplexed when we get another. Expectations can throw you off.

Freedomland throws you off. It starts off straight forward, you can see where it's going (you think), just a standard murder/action/kidnap/mystery thing. But the film is less aobut the act and more about the people around it: how this act happened and the personal and community repercussions of the death. Good movie, but awkward in the beginning, as in gaping plot holes. Edie Falco and Julianne Moore are especially good here.