Not as good as it should have been

Rating: 5/10 (1 December 2014)

Some lovely cinematography. Tatum and Ruffalo were quite impressive in both their characterisations and their ability to show themselves as wrestlers. For me the weak point was Steve Carell - whom I greatly respect as a serious actor. I could never get past the fact that it was Steve Carell with a cartoonishly large nose. In some scenes it appeared he was doing a Don Corleone impression. Vanessa Redgrave and Sienna Miller were grossly under utilised. Neither having more than a handful of lines. whilst I recognise that this story is based on real events, not much happened. It was a very slow paced film that had me checking the time and wondering 'when will they get to the murder?' Du Pont locked himself away in his mansion for two days following the murder while the police attempted to negotiate with him. That was not shown.