UnowPriceless hyped garbage

MamaGravity good back-story, and good acting

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

dmitrylitvinovsky The Foxcatcher account is a haunting tale of heartbreak, misery, and unfulfilled aspirations.John du Pont is a cryptic and rare individual set on an incessant quest to impress and win the affection of others. A conflicted man, clearly never been the favorable one among his peers, Mr. du Pont's unpredictable manner is sure to keep your eyes fixed on him the entire time––thanks to Steve Carell's precise and spine-chilling portrayal.The film has a subtle and eerie tone throughout the 134 minutes, and is coated with a slow, unapologetic pace brilliantly delivered by Bennett Miller. I believe Mr. Miller strives for compassion in a lot of his films and doesn't care much for villains. And that is exactly what you come out with, or at least what I came out with after watching this movie. It will force your rib cage wide open and then cause turmoil and have your heart and mind quarrel.Mark Ruffalo and Chaninng Tatum deliver powerful performances, and although very brief on screen, the great Mrs. Redgrave is yet again, simply marvelous.I would recommend this movie to absolutely everyone. 9/10

Red-Barracuda There have been a few critically praised professional fighter movies in recent years such as The Wrestler (2008), The Fighter (2010) and Warrior (2011). Foxcatcher is another in this line of serious-minded sports-dramas, except this may be the most downbeat of them all. Unlike the others, this one is also a docudrama biopic based on real characters and events which surrounded Team Foxcatcher, which was the brainchild of billionaire John du Pont who used his money to gather the American wrestling team to live and train on his estate in preparation for the 1988 Seoul Olympics. The two most prominent members of this team were the Olympic gold-medal winning brothers Dave and Mark Schultz. The story is primarily told from the latter's perspective, as he enters the weird world of du Pont.I wasn't in the least bit aware of anything to do with this true story when I watched this. It is certainly a very odd set of events that is for sure and one which does justify a movie. It does have to be said though that this is one of those films which adopts a very emotionally distant tone, which means that it is hard getting as involved with the characters as maybe we really should be. It's so overwhelmingly bleak and humourless that it is difficult to fully enjoy to be perfectly honest. But it is still an interesting story overall though, which results in a murder that I frankly did not predict in the least. The du Pont character is certainly a bizarre one. He lives with his mother in a huge mansion but seems to suffer from some social condition which makes him extremely odd in one-to-one conversations and interactions. Despite his highly sheltered life he improbably has a cocaine habit, as well as an unusual obsession with professional wrestling. It has to be said that Steve Carell is quite brilliant as this awkward character, in a performance which is the chief selling point of the movie overall. He completely immerses himself in the role and the result is what you could describe as truly proper acting. Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo are also very good as the two Shultz brothers but this is really Carrell's movie overall, given how outstanding he was. The film as a whole is an impressive enough one which tells an interesting story but its thoroughly downbeat execution means it's one which keeps its distance from you and, as such, it's a movie which is easier to admire than to love.

Prismark10 Foxcatcher is a brooding slow burn film from director Bennett Miller about two men looking for approval. One from his more gregarious older brother, the other from his disapproving horse fixated mother.Channing Tatum plays Mark Schultz, an Olympic gold medal winner in the 1984 Olympics somewhat living in the shadow of his older brother David (Mark Ruffalo) also an Olympic gold medal winner.In the opening scene we see Mark talking uncomfortably to a class of children at school. This is good for Mark as it allows him to get out of his brother's shadow. Yet when we see Mark wrestle he is always more effective when David gives him a pep talk.After a disagreement between Mark and du Pont, David is persuaded to join the training team. You can see his more effective training methods at play but at the same time it has a negative effect on Mark who already descended to a spiral of booze and cocaine under du Pont's influence and he becomes embittered performing poorly in the Seoul Olympics.The film is based on true life and tragic events with du Pont's influence suffocating those around him. He wants approval, he wants to be a mentor when all the time you think when you see him wrestle with the young men that he just wants to cop a feel of them.This is an actor's film. Carell looks unrecognizable under heavy make up with Tatum also putting more of a performance where less is more. The film is absorbing and despite the slow pace, yet at times it can also be lifeless.

TheFunkyBass I don't blame the people that walked out of this movie. Nothing really happened in the first 40 minutes of the film. I don't like to say that a movie is boring because it makes you sound like an infant, but unfortunately the movie was indeed a bit "boring". Let me explain:The plot looked very interesting, but the pacing was too slow and it felt too long too. I blame the editing, the movie could've easily been cut down 20 minutes short. Luckily, the film is saved by the great performances and the ending, which was completely unexpected (if you didn't know what happened already).Solid 7/10