Interesting Story Well Told

Rating: 8/10 (18 April 2015)

Interesting film based on the true true story of Olympic gold medalist wrestlers Dave and Mark Shultz and their connection to John Du Pont of the wealthy Du Pont family. Steve Carrell does a surprisingly superb job of capturing Du Pont while Tatum is weak as usual and Ruffalo shines. I find it incredible that I completely missed this story in the news and was wildly surprised as the movie unfolded. Nicely done, though I may be leaning toward the surprising true story and not the actual film. Regarding the film, however, a much better job could be done in representing the passage of time. On the positive side, the film captured the environment and circumstances in which these events took place and let us "feel" the motivations of the players.