Review of A Most Violent Year (2014) by Scott Foundas for Variety — 06 Nov 2014
In his third turn behind the camera, writer-director J.C. Chandor has delivered a tough, gritty, richly atmospheric thriller that lacks some of the formal razzle-dazzle of his solo seafaring epic, “All Is Lost,” but makes up for it with an impressively sustained low-boil tension and the skillful navigating of a complex plot (at least up until a wholly unnecessary last-minute twist).
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This review of A Most Violent Year (2014) was written by Scott Foundas and published by Variety on 06 Nov 2014.
A Most Violent Year has generally received positive reviews.
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