Riveting, Intricate, Almost a 9 Star Movie

Rating: 8/10 (24 July 2013)

I just couldn't predict what was going to happen next, and the movie was told in linear time with a lot of detail. What a great movie! If it wasn't for the ending, I could have given it a 9. It just felt like I wanted something a little bit more spectacular for closure, hell aliens pulling the strings would have been better than ruining the character development of the cop. So many different endings could have been possible, and although this one did provide closure, and logically explained itself, it was more of an afterthought. Although we got closure on the 'mastermind,' it would have been nice to get closure on the 4 main characters that we loved throughout the whole film. Why build them up so much, just to make them disappear on a carousel? Woody's performance was brilliant and likable, Jesse Eisenberg also portrayed his role very well. The cop for the most part played his role well, so well that it just made the ending that much more nonsensical.