Foxcatcher is a beautiful, deep, psychological thriller that comes together with fantastic performances as a film that is a powerful total package.
It’s a very strange sensation, being scared by Steve Carell’s presence. After all, this is the man who spent years playing the dumb, lovable Michael Scott on The Office, and has dedicated almost his entire career to making audiences laugh. None of that matters when he’s on screen in Foxcatcher, as all you see is a damaged, imbalanced threat with the power and will to unravel those around him. It’s a powerful accomplishment for the actor – but what’s even more amazing is the fact that it’s only the second best performance in the film.
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Directed by Bennett Miller, who last brought us the brilliant Moneyball in 2011, Foxcatcher has drawn the filmmaker back to the wide world of sports. This time he has produced a nail-biting thriller not only packed with dazzling performances, but also remarkable character dynamics and themes exploring the dark, poisonous side in the search for triumph. It’s all wrapped together within a terrifying true story about three men who all believe in the same thing –The American Dream – but who have very different interpretations of exactly what that means.
It begins with Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum). Despite being an Olympic gold medal wrestler himself, Mark has always lived in the shadow of his famous older brother, David (Mark Ruffalo) – a man who has seemingly achieved the American Dream in both bringing victory to his nation and being part of a beautiful family, complete with a beautiful wife and wonderful children. What David has is what Mark desperately wants, and his opportunity to grab it seemingly falls right into his lap with the introduction of John du Pont (Steve Carell).
A member of the richest family in the country, the soft-spoken, unbalanced John comes from a much different upbringing than Mark and Dave, but his intentions are the same: to bring pride and glory back to America. His intention is to do this through the sport of wrestling and the training of a team to prepare for the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea - and he believes that the key to his plan is enlisting Mark as the leader of Team Foxcatcher (named for Foxcatcher Farms, the Pennsylvania estate where John lives with his cold, disapproving mother, Jean, played by Vanessa Redgrave). Masked by his desire for patriotic pride, however, is John’s ultimate desire to become a mentor, a coach, a leader and a father – which really just means that he wants to exert control and hide his personal weakness. In Mark, he finds a perfect subject.
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