Debbie Does Drivel

Saturday night at the movies, Kev and I saw "Road to Perdition."
This was after a gnat-encircled plate of Greek food and watery Vanilla créme at Starbucks, but it's not always about food, Debbie!
Anyways, I enjoyed the movie.
It was predictable, yes, but the plotting had a proven predictableness, and was like movie comfort food (there we go again).
Meaning: the characters were well-drawn, if not a bit cartoonish (Jude Law played a brilliant walking cadaver-sort obsessed with cadavers), but like characters we've all seen before.
The plot was well-paced, with properly timed climax and dénouement.
Good suspense, setting, and admirable, though very obvious theme.
Yeah you know, it hit all the right chords. Just felt a little overly orchestrated.
Didn't mean I didn't like, enjoy, or recommend it: it's only that I feel a little manipulated.
Don't need it all served on a platter, either (even my analogies contain food).