A slight disappointment that drags on for too long but redeems itself with great acting performances

Rating: 7/10 (2 January 2015)

Foxcatcher was a movie that i was eager to watch since the very first trailer hit. With a cast of Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, and an almost unrecognizable Steve Carell portraying characters in a true story; it was very hard to turn away from seeing this. After watching it i can say that i was a little disappointed by this film for a number of reasons, but the performances of the actors was not one. All three actors mentioned above gave pretty amazing and very convincing performances that were the driving force making me continue to watch this film with eyes open for the entire runtime, a runtime that went for far too long in thought. When a movie makes me constantly look at the time from just after the half way point that is a sign of the film being too long.
The 2 hour and 10 minute runtime would have been more sufficient had there a few more key moments for the film to build up to. But the writing let the film down and didn't get me as invested in the overall plot as i should have been. The finale of the film was one that definitely caught me slightly off guard, and redeemed a little of what i was looking for throughout the film. So in the end Foxcatcher was still a good film with great performances but suffered from a long runtime with unfortunately not too many key events to keep me very interested - 7