Review of Foxcatcher (2014) by Mooshoo — 07 Mar 2015

I really wanted to like this movie more than I did. It did well at two things: creepiness and showing the wrestling world. But it was so overshadowed by make-up and mannerisms that it was hard to watch.

Both Tatum and Ruffalo looked like they were trying to play retarded. And they succeeded. If they had played it without the underbite (Tatum) and monkey walk (both), it would have been more believable. Yes, wrestlers do walk a certain way, being muscle-bound -- but not like portrayed in the movie. I kept expecting them to turn to each other and start picking off bugs.

And sorry, Steve Carrell, you did a pretty good job but I would have liked to see the attempt without prosthetics.

I agree that it dragged on and on and then just piddled out until the final scene. The strongest emotion I felt during this movie was when DuPont's assistant in the car didn't grab his arm and prevent him from shooting again. I was thinking -- what is wrong with you? But that scene wasn't worth slogging through the rest of the movie. Most of it was almost unwatchable.