Movie #985 "Foxcatcher" is a s--------s-------l------o------w -----m-------o-------v------i-----n--------g film --- get the idea? there is a debate on this film, and I'm in the group that thinks it is too slow for my liking. Yes, the acting is good, esp. on Channing Tatum's part, and Mark Ruffalo, too. I wasn't as sold on Steve Carrell's portrayal basically because it is a tad one dimensional to me. I didn't see much else. And I never know to whom to blame for the lack of depth of the characters.......the actors or the script, but I think it's the script this time. I knew the ending, so not much to watch here ---- it's tense in mood --- but I felt pretty manufactured by the director in that there was very little dialogue or revelations as to why people acted the way they did. Oh, there's basic stuff --- Carrell is motivated by mother, Channing is motivated by loyalty to brother.....but there are holes in the film that the script doesn't seem to answer. The isolated (out in the country) main setting and the starkness of the weather adds to the eerie mood, but when you remove that stuff, not much is left. There was something motivating me to watch this --- I guess I cared for the actors a lot, and it kept me wondering what was going on in people's minds here, but I don't think that's enough for a lot of people. Here's another coach (see "Whiplash" previous critique) with a different agenda --- so afterwards, we were talking about his coaching methods (lack of skill of the coach to motivate, to teach, to gain rapport with his wrestlers) , and really the film is full of sad people. So merry christmas, right?
Foxcatcher
2014 NR I would give it 3.5 out of 5 stars
Preparing for the 1988 Olympics, two sibling wrestlers cross paths with a paranoid schizophrenic millionaire in this drama based on a true story. The competitive Schultz brothers soon learn their new acquaintance is a dangerous distraction.
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