Review of All Good Things (2010) by Luke B — 26 Jan 2011

Starring two of my favorite actors, this film had high expectations from me. All Good Things is a bit pudgy around the edges for it to be considered great. The film is a mystery, only one with answers.

We get answers to a different case and it all feels a bit empty. Maybe it was Jarecki's idea to have the film as empty as the protagonist, but it leaves a mostly hollow feeling. As Gosling's anger and mental instability start to shake his marriage it's hard to care because the relationship was built upon so quickly.

Sure he's cute enough, as is Dunst, but the reason for their attraction is never quite explored. It trudges along a familiar thriller route, before jumping forward in time, having Gosling aged and disguised as a woman, and a number of murders that do not go towards solving the main plot of the story.

Dark and chilling sometimes, but I always felt as though I was waiting for something.