The idiosyncrasies of the human mind !!!

Rating: 9/10 (6 March 2015)

Bennett Miller has always had the ability to get the best out of his actors. He did it with Phillip Seymour Hoffman in Capote, he did it with Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill in Moneyball, and now he has done it with Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo and Channing Tatum. Mark Ruffalo has done fantastic work before, but I have never seen Carell and Tatum do anything as good as their work in Foxcatcher before. All three actors transform themselves physically and emotionally to give absolutely astonishing performances.
This film is based on a true story. Like the real life story itself, the film is also very dark, haunting and extremely unpredictable. This is a very dark and interesting take on sports films. The film never ever resorts to clichés and remains entirely grounded in reality. The style of storytelling is hypnotic, moody and the pace is intentionally slow. Miller uses minimal editing and allows the actors to express themselves without feeling the need to make jump- cuts. The director gives subtle hints regarding the reasons why some of the things happened, but he never explicitly establishes any solid evidence. This actually gives scope for subjective interpretations.
This film might be difficult for some people to sit through due to the slow pacing. But if you want to watch a film where every actor is at the top of his/her power and if you want to watch a film where the director allows the story to progress effortlessly without feeling the need to resort to clichés, then Foxcatcher is a must watch.
Even though Bennet Miller gives enough hints throughout the film to allow the viewer to make up his/her mind about why the things happened as they did, but above all the film also establishes the idea, that at the end of the day, some things that humans do can defy all logic and explanations.