A bit too much deus ex machina

Rating: 7/10 (14 October 2019)

It's ok that chance encounters and coincidences help solve crimes maybe once in a film and in some small way but this film was littered with the kinds of coincidences that led directly to the solutions and it feels slightly clunky.
Having said that, I found the story interesting enough and the acting was incredible so I don't regret watching it. I just would have done things differently to make the mystery a bit more intellectually challenging.
Lots of people are focusing on Hugh Jackman'a performance and, whilst I agree it was brilliant and one of his best, I was totally taken by the character that Jake Gyllenhaal created. He's such a clever actor and always looks to make his characters three dimensional with tiny idiosyncrasies that make a massive difference. He really stole it for me.