Catch him if she can

Rating: 8/10 (5 July 2013)

A lot has been made of this movie. Some say it is not as realistic, some criticize it for being either pro or Anti Obama. But that is not what Bigelow went out to make. She was fascinated by everything about OBL. If and how accurate her depiction is, of how exactly that came to happen is another story. But she does not pull any stops and she does not tell people how to feel about certain things. Right from the get go, we get a scene of torture (which made some people leave cinemas around the world, I guess because they didn't expect a depiction like that), which shows us that she wants to keep it real.
Of course I can understand that some are not happy with Chastains character. She is driven without apparent motivation. But that is how some people work. They let their work consume their lives. There are not really characters you can cling onto, another thing I can understand as criticism. What you can't fault the movie with though, is not caring or not being professional. The big theme is OBL, that doesn't mean that other things will be left out, but it does mean, that it is the goal it works forward to. If you're willing to accept that, you might be able to watch it and not be disappointed