A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (2005)

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At the risk of being crucified by the MovieWeb community, I will be honest:

this is without doubt the most overrated film i have ever seen: everyone spoke highly of it, particularly following its various award nominations, so i recently decided to see it.
It left me only with 2 thoughts:
1. David Cronenberg is gifted at making subtle pornos (the 'cheerleader' and 'staircase' scenes)
2. I will never get that hour and a half of my life back.

When i ask others why they liked it so much they say that they loved the level of tenseness as Viggo was constantly put under pressure - as tense as it was and as good as Viggo's acting was, that movie felt to me as if it were in a loop "come on Joey, we know it's you", "come on Joey, we know it's you", "come on Joey, we know it's you", etc.
I am by no means someone that is not a fan of subtle acting and tense films (i loved No Country For Old Men) but i strongly disliked this film.

Maybe i am ignorant of something or maybe my expectations were too high but can someone point out to me where that movie's greatness was?

much appreciated,
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