"From the makers of..."

Rating: 4/10 (23 February 2015)

Simply put, couldn't bear it. The movie was just awful. But still worthy of 5 stars. I had seen Silver Linings Playbook and The Fighter, both of which I actually liked, but this movie compared to them, is complete garbage. Maybe I was expecting too much. This movie in itself expects you to get bored, that's why they tried to surprise you (a bit) at the end by showing that Christian Bale and Amy Adams in fact conned Bradley Cooper by using their common friend, who had been shown before. "His screen time was way too short", you think? All right, I'll leave that aside then. On the other hand, the following points prove that this movie blows. Whether you admit it or not, I thought that there was too much of Christian Bale, who surprisingly overacted at every second of the movie. Every single one. Now, the reason I gave the movie a 4 star rating is because I actually liked the first half, (or less than the first half) and would've given it a 10 if it continued at that pace. I say, there are a lot better movies, even by the same makers, which deserve a watch, but just not this one.