Way over-hyped and overrated movie

Rating: 5/10 (4 May 2020)

The acting was spot on, Phoenix did a great job, but the direction was weak and meandering, wasting precious time to ineffectively build tension, dragging out weak points and confusing the storyline at times, This movie could have been more intense with much better direction and editing out about 30+ minutes of filler that had the movie's storyline treading water for way too long. Their use of foreboding soundtracks and then nothing happening was also annoying. Stretching the movie out like the director did, really created a slow roll to the climax which everyone saw coming about an hour before it happened. By the time it arrived it was an anticlimax, slow boring movie with strong acting performances and really poor direction. Don't fall for the hype, it just doesn't live up to it in any way. Disappointed...