Fantastically well assembled 70's set hit

Rating: 7/10 (8 September 2014)

(68%) Good film, no doubt about it. The writing is so far beyond the average flick that it's almost uncanny, really damn good dialogue, and very funny too. The cast is fantastic, and they are running on all eight cylinders, with the always impeccable Mr Bale anchoring the entire movie perfectly. Jennifer Lawrence almost steals the movie, she is truly brilliant and playing way beyond her years. There is a somewhat similar feel to this and "GoodFellas" in terms of great actors acting great, along with the way it's all put together with the setting being about 40 years in the past, the use of music and character narration etc, and maybe this is not as bold or as ground-breaking as that movie, but this is still quite an accomplishment.