Review of A Most Violent Year (2014) by Kameron W — 17 May 2016

Oscar Isaac as usual is phenomenal. Jessica Chastain is great as usual. This movie is just ok to me though, I felt like it was just missing something.

This review of A Most Violent Year (2014) was written by Kameron W on 17 May 2016.

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