An interesting story, that sometimes lacks tempo and direction

Rating: 7/10 (4 February 2015)

Foxcatcher tells the story of John Du Pont and the Olympic winning Schultz brothers. Directed by Bennett Miller, Firstly i would like to say i went in to this film blind, and didn't really even know it was a true story, I think I enjoyed it more because of this and i suggest anyone else who wants to watch it do the same.
The story is basically i very rich man trying to help out Mark Schultz played by channing tatum in his bid to defend his olympic gold medal in wrestling, the rich man is called John du Pont played brilliantly by steve carell. Its a very character driven movie which often leads to long scenes with very little dialogue, this is where i feel the movie stagnates a little, and overall the movie is possibly 20 minutes too long.
However the relationships between the three main characters is where this film is most interesting, where there are always undertones of what each of them is thinking but it is never spelt out for the viewer. Steve carell in my opinion steals the film with a very good performance playing of a very peculiar man who you can never really work out.
Overall a very solid drama and i believe if you like drama you will enjoy this movie immensely , however if your looking for a rocky style underdog sports movie you might want to give this one a pass.