I couldn't help feeling that, in the end, they reaped what they sowed...

Rating: 6/10 (20 March 2020)

Steve Carell is really good as the enigmatic John du Pont, a millionaire who takes the Schultz brothers - a duo of American Olympic wrestling champions under his wing. Channing Tatum is pretty wooden as Mark with Mark Ruffalo much better as his sibling David. The story focuses more on the erratic, downright selfish behaviour of du Pont as he desperately seeks some sort of validation which; despite his enormous wealth, he needs more than anything from his contemporaries. The brothers become little more than his pawns, and soon it all begins to impact on their wellbeing and sanity - not to mention their success as sportsmen. The story is interesting, but there's no getting away from the rather mediocre performance from Tatum. Vanessa Redgrave pops up occasionally as Jean du Pont (the mother) and at times Bennett Miller almost had me invest enough in the pair to care; but in the end I just didn't - and at over 2 hours it started to become more of a marathon to watch than to run.