Performances outshine film.

Rating: Null/10 (1 January 2014)

The acting performances are really the only bright spot in the entire movie but it's SO long that even the great performances become tedious after a while. It's never entirely clear if Bale's character or Adams' character have a specific goal in the story. They just sort of... do what they do. And I can't remember ever seeing Bale's eyes even once, which is odd and creates a significant barrier into his character for the audience.
The camera work was painfully awkward and distracting and one could sense the editor's struggle to find optimal edit points in the strangely choreographed camera moves.
The oddly written script was poorly paced and had a disjointed quality to it that I can't put my finger on.
It was nice to see Elisabeth Röhm finally in a big studio film.
I think DOR should have let this script percolate a while longer before execution of the film. It just seems poorly developed and the half-baked narrative isn't quite as amazing as Three Kings, Boogie Nights, or Silver Linings Playbook.
I give it a 1/10 here only to offset the number of 10/10 votes but to me, it's a 6/10.