I just watched this the other day, and while I thought Penn was fantastic, I had lots of problems with the pacing. And, as great as Penn was I had problems connecting with the tale or his character because of how unbelievable he was. I know he existed and all, it's just for me it was hard to understand how a man like that managed that long in society, or to have friends, or to score a chick like Naomi Watts and so on.