Compelling, depressing, frustrating, and beautiful

Rating: 9/10 (17 January 2015)

This is one of those movies that you don't enjoy watching but when it's done, you loved it and want to see it again.
Nearly every moment hurts because of how wonderfully the roles are played. Steve Carrell deserves all the praise he's received for his role. You never know what to think about his character, and I believe that's supposed to be the point. He creeps you out, but you can't stop watching.
Channing Tatum may be getting some flak, but I loved his performance. Everyone's saying that Steve made some major changes to his appearance, movements, speech, etc...but Tatum did just as much, in my opinion. The charismatic, confident leading hunk transformed into an awkward, quiet, slumped-over man for the role, and I loved it. He plays it so well and with a lot of depth. I don't know much about the actual person he's portraying, all I can speak on is the character in the movie, and I think he did a wonderful job. Honestly, I'm sad that he was not the one nominated for the lead role Oscar, but I understand why.
Everyone else was just as wonderful, of course. I'm not going to pick apart every role, but I can say that the acting was never an issue for me. I can't really say what I'd change, although I suppose it had a weird pace at times. But it's dark, it's disturbing, and yet it's completely interesting and you can't look away because you just HAVE to see what's going to happen to everyone...even though it's a true story and unfortunately we already know.
I don't regret seeing it in the slightest, and I plan to see it many more times.