Foxcatcher is a powerful movie.
Spoilers ahead.
Right off the bat, you feel sympathy for this guy, Mark Schultz. He’s so emotionless, so drained. Whenever he stretches or exercises, his face is blank. Whenever he eats, his face is blank. You can’t help but feel for him.
I thought Channing Tatum delivered a career-best performance. His rare emotional breakouts in the movie felt so raw because they’re so very sudden and you don’t know when he’ll break. Steve Carell gave an amazing performance as John du Pont, the guy who takes Mark, and his brother Dave, played by Mark Ruffalo, under his wing. Every scene with him was so unsettling and creepy. He really captured the way the real John du Pont behaved and spoke.
Mark Ruffalo. He was excellent in this movie as well. Whenever you see him on screen, he’s just such a bright light in the midst of whatever horrible situation the characters may be in. He’s always reassuring Mark, trying to help in every way possible, being a great brother. It’s a shame about what happened to him at the end.
Bennett Miller’s directing is great, too. He brought something to this movie that was totally different from Moneyball, another great film. I thought he captured the intense ambiance of every scene very well.
A wonderful movie with fantastic directing and top-notch acting. I thought this movie was robbed at the Oscars in 2015. It’s great that Mark and Steve were nominated, but Channing should have been too, in my opinion. He’s not in many “Oscar-worthy” type films, but this one... he went all in.
Recommendation over.
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