Great 2/3 of a movie

Rating: 7/10 (23 April 2016)

Quentin surprised me: the first two thirds of the movie were a well articulated development of characters. A mystery was brewing and everyone was suspect. Then Channing Tatum showed up and it was all ruined. It's like he was in a groove of writing a fun psychological drama and then ran out of gas, cheating us out of what could have been a well crafted dramatic ending. Even in Quentin style. Instead, he conjured an alternate beginning that provided a canned ending. The characters -- and the interactions among them -- were much more interesting as their assumed personae than they were once unmasked. Too bad, Quentin, you almost brought me back to the fold.