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Rating: 7/10 (9 February 2015)

The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.
Despite some great acting from Mark Ruffalo and especially Steve Carell, this film seems to fall flat. Is it about wrestling? The events leading up to a tragedy? The relationship of two brothers? We seem to get such a general view of each part that nothing is ever looked at in any depth and this leaves the film somewhat hollow.
The number of Academy Award nomination is a bit surprising. It will likely end up being the most nominated in 2014 with the fewest wins. Carell, though great, is overshadowed by Eddie Redmayne, for example. A makeup award is possible, but only if the voters snub "Guardians of the Galaxy" for what was obviously a good deal of time-consuming design. (This would not be a complete shock, though... just consider how many horror films do not even receive a nomination for their effects.)