some unrecognizable stars

Rating: 6/10 (24 August 2014)

I have let my movie-viewing slide a bit in the last few years, so I was not familiar with some of the actors in this film. Amy Adams, for instance. She does a great deal with this role, which is a woman who is unlovely and unlikeable. And Jeremy Renner, who is apparently a star in a lot of those comic book movies. I would have never recognized Christian Bale, or Elisabeth Rohm. Jennifer Lawrence had to dig deep for her inner white trash sleaze, and she was remarkable. I remember the scandal quite well, where the FBI bribed and arrested a number of prominent New Jersey Democrat office-holders. it was all kind of fun, as I recall.