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Rating: 5/10 (8 October 2019)

Hold the Oscar talk as I finally watched this brooding boring movie that definitely disappoints after reading all the accolades laid at its feet. Whoever green lighted the direction this movie took should be fired for straying so far away from DC expectations. No amt of weird prancing by Phoenix can salvage this disjointed mess and the underlying theme of child abuse causing maniacal behaviour is just depressing tho lends a foreboding undercurrent of danger. It has 2 red herrings disguised as blockbuster revelations one less so than the other---if you watched it then you can figure it out. It lacked the elegance and evil present in Silence of the Lambs as Phoenix is no Hopkins and Phillips no Demme--DC movies should be thrilling which this is not--arthouse style has its place but should not occupy the whole movie and not in the DC universe--it was like unwrapping an elaborately decorated gift only to find a few packets of hot sauce mixed with envelops of Quaker Oats--curiosity overwhelms to find out what the big deal is but prepare to for a big letdown