Review of Out of the Furnace (2013) by Nick A — 05 Sep 2014
Beyond its mere mimicry of Oscar-baiting genre topics, Out of the Furnace has the embarrassing distinction of also wasting its own Oscar-baiting cast, which provides equal deftness to the material as the film provides pathetic and futile self-whoring.
The culprit is writer-director Scott Cooper, and to paraphrase Wesley Morris, Cooper conducts his cinema as though he has something of value or uniqueness to share, but he doesn't. Cooper is just a taker of pretty images -- a fool who's never known the responsibility of a visionary, for he has no apparent creative vision.
This review of Out of the Furnace (2013) was written by Nick A on 05 Sep 2014.
Out of the Furnace has generally received positive reviews.
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