Director: Bennett Miller
Starring: Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo
My Rating: Didn't like it
Foxcatcher is a very hard movie for me to "review." It would seem like this film has everything it needs to be a perfect, hard hitting, oscar winning drama, but I don't think all those parts jibed quite as well as Bennett Miller hoped. Yes, the performances are good all around and technically it's a well put together movie, but here's the thing: Foxcatcher bored me.
I couldn't find a lot intriguing about the story. Quite frankly, I don't think this is a story that should've even seen the big screen. It's a strange story, for sure, but there's not a lot to it. What exactly am I supposed to take from this film? Money can make anything possible? Don't fly across the country and wrestle for some nut job? Yeah, definitely that last one.
To give credit where credit is due, Carell's transformative performance should have oscar nomination written all over it. On top of that, Foxcatcher is probably the best showcase for Channing Tatum's acting skills, and Mark Ruffalo is great, as always. Even though Carell's performance was amazing stuff, it was impossible for me to find that character interesting. If anything, I just felt very sorry for John du Pont.
Bennett Miller is a fantastic director and Foxcatcher has some great performances, but like John du Pont, it's a little too distant.