Sundance: Al Pacino Film Can't Hold Audience

(CBS) A movie with a big name cast, the crime drama "The Son of No One," is apparently a film for no one. Writing that "Sundance can chalk up its first bomb," The Hollywood Reporter reports that one viewer described the walkouts at the film screening an "exodus."

What? An exodus from a film with a cast that includes Al Pacino, Ray Liotta, Juliette Binoche, Channing Tatum and Katie Holmes? Honestly, if Al Pacino can't hold an audience in a crime drama, you're probably doomed. Add Liotta, and for sheer "Huh?" value, Holmes, and the audience walkout seems like a real head scratcher.

THR didn't offer a review of the film. "The Son of No One" screened for press and industry Monday. It has a closing-night premier scheduled for Friday.

The director is Dito Montiel, who was a Sundance favorite for his film "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints" in 2006.

The walkouts won't necessarily translate to a non-purchase. Many films in the past at Sundance have gotten mixed to bad reception and gotten picked up. And acquisitions execs often leave movies before they're over. "The Son of No One" saga isn't done yet.