Incredibly Boring and Confusing

Rating: 4/10 (27 December 2014)

I was really surprised by how boring Foxcatcher is. I was expecting something much more intense. Steve Carell is superb in his strictly dramatic portrayal of John du Pont; he's barely recognizable. And Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo also give it their all. But for the life of me, I have no idea what was going on. What was the problem between du Pont and Mark Schultz? Why did du Pont do what he did at the end of the film?
I was expecting something in the lines of Rocky and instead it was more like Behind the Candelabra. I know it's based on a true story but I had no idea what the motivation of anyone was, why what was happening was happening. And the editing made it so long and drawn out. In one scene, du Pont asks his driver if it's snowing out; the driver says no, and then they just stand / sit there for ten or more seconds as if something important was happening in the stillness and silence. Except nothing important was happening. They were just sitting / standing there. That's just one example of many, many scenes that went on way too long giving this film no pace whatsoever.
When the credits finally rolled after two long hours all I could do was shrug and ask "What the hell was that even about?"