Foxcatcher (2014)

The one standout highlight in this otherwise mediocre biopic/drama were the performances of Steve Carell, Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo. I never thought I'd ever be praising the talents of Channing Tatum, but he was actually pretty good in this, and his chemistry with Ruffalo was spot on as well. The narrative, however, was thin --very thin -- and stretched across the films two hour running time like boot cut jeans over a sumo wrestlers posterior.

The story of Foxcatcher concerns eccentric millionaire John du Pont; heir to the Du Pont family fortune. A life time wrestling enthusiast, Du Pont recruits the Olympic gold medal winning Schultz brothers, Dave and Mark in order to coach Mark to a gold medal at the upcoming Seoul Olympics, and to have the brothers coach young wrestlers at his state of the art training facility.

 Du Pont was brilliantly portrayed by Carell; he came across as brooding little momma's boy, who, at every chance he could get, would intimidate his wrestling recruits by flexing his financial muscles. You'd think, though, that a film about an eccentric and unstable, wrestling obsessed millionaire who eventually went mad, would have a bit more action in it, but the film was just uninspiring and boring for the most part; it resembled a history channel documentary with Hollywood stars acting out the reconstructions. It's quite obvious that the film was just monstrously let down by its piss poor script.

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