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Time spent watching films, even crappy ones, is time well-spent.

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    Post dates are when I watched, parenthetical dates are the year of US release (aka Oscar eligibility).

1/25/2015

Foxcatcher (2014)

Carell lets his prosthetic nose and teeth do his acting for him while Tatum relied on an underbite, a scowl, and a waddle. Ruffalo was fine, but he can’t pull off an entire movie alone.

There were pacing & storytelling problems, but it was the factual inaccuracies that were unforgivable. Changing the time frame of events? Sure, I get that. Obfuscating the violence and schizophrenia of a murderer in order to go in a more salacious and sexual direction? Why? Is "straight-up nuts" not interesting enough any more?

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