"Foxcatcher"--a devastatingly sinister portrayal of the 1%...

[Surya Gayatri]

Steve Carell gives the performance of his career as "John E. DUPONT", twisted scion of the quintessential 1% dynasty.

In the most subtle of roles, he becomes the incarnation of everything that's evil about obscene, inherited wealth.





Mark Ruffalo and Channing Tatum as Dupont's hapless victims are a treat to watch, as well.

ETA: If your entertainment budget is tight, forget "American Sniper" (that 'saccharine, almost PG-rated two-hour cinematic diversion about a killing machine with a heart of gold'--credit to Matt Taibbi) and opt for FOXCATCHER.

See this film and recommend it...

[azmom]

1. Big fan of Carell

This makes me want to see it even more. Thanks.

[Surya Gayatri]

3. I was blown away by his performance--and I'm no push over! LOL!

[azmom]

5. It's certainly a departure

From his other roles. The physical transformation is remarkable.

[Surya Gayatri]

6. I read he had one of the biggest fake noses in the history

of cinema (besides Cyrano de Bergerac, LOL!)

[Baitball Blogger]

2. I went in knowing absolutely nothing about this story.

I thought it was a Rocky movie. I wouldn't have selected it to see it on Christmas day, but I wasn't the one to make the selection. I will say that the movie may have made it too subtle what DuPont had done to the younger brother. I had to clarify that scene to the others after the movie, and then it all fell in place for them.

We were all stunned. Amazing portrayal of the destructive power that inherited money has in this country, when it is given to people who have no connection to the real suffering that people are going through in normal life.

[Surya Gayatri]

4. Same here--stunned and mesmerized by the understated,

exquisite evocation of evil.

[mysuzuki2]

7. Dupont was not evil.

He was seriously mentally ill. Unfortunately, because of his wealth and position there was no one to insist that he get treatment. I agree that Foxcatcher is an extremely well-acted, written and directed film. However, I found it to be unpleasant to watch. I was glad when it ended.

[Surya Gayatri]

8. His milieu and money made him into a manipulative monster...

Mad or not, he was able to do so much evil because he had so much money.

[YarnAddict]

9. Two different issues

This country does not provide adequate treatment for the mentally ill of any socioeconomic class. The $$$ didn't make him more mentally ill than a similarly-predisposed poor person, and it didn't mean he got away with things that a poor person wouldn't have.

Look at cases like Jared Laughner. He was clearly mentally ill, scared fellow students and teachers in his community college classes, but nothing could be done UNTIL he committed a crime. Same with Adam Lanza.

[Whiskeytide]

11. I disagree with ...

... what you said here...

"The $$$ ... didn't mean he got away with things that a poor person wouldn't have."

I agree one may have had nothing to do with the other from a causative standpoint, but certainly he was cut more slack by the system because of his financial means, political influence, a battery of lawyers/handlers/cleaners, etc.....

[Rex]

12. Tell that to the daughter of Robert Richards IV.

You are completely wrong in that rich people don't get away with crimes that poor people would get away with too. I can't even believe you typed that.


"Though Robert H. Richards IV was convicted of rape, the wealthy heir to the du Pont family fortune was spared prison by a Delaware court in 2009 because he would "not fare well" behind bars, according to court documents CNN obtained Tuesday.

Richards is a great-grandson of the chemical magnate Irenee du Pont.

He received an eight-year prison sentence in 2009 for raping his toddler daughter, but the sentencing order signed by a Delaware judge said "defendant will not fare well" in prison and the eight years were suspended."

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/02/justice/delaware-du-pont-rape-case/



NO poor person would have been spared prison and you KNOW this.

[YarnAddict]

13. I was speaking specifically to the issue

of the mentally ill, none of whom get adequate treatment in this country.

[Baitball Blogger]

15. I believe the military sold him a machine gun.

So, I don't think anyone knew, that should have known, that he was clearly mentally ill. Or perhaps, no one, back then, were willing to question big money?

[Surya Gayatri]

17. Ditto to this...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026121937#post11

[Bluenorthwest]

10. Then to you I recommend 'Grand Budapest Hotel' which is pleasant company and my favorite of the

year. A sweet little gem of a film.

[lame54]

14. have you seen American Sniper?

[Surya Gayatri]

16. How's that for a coincidence--just watched it a couple of hours ago...

having purposely avoided it for a week or two.

I might not go as far as Taibbi in my critique, but I cannot abide the glorification of "tough guy warriors", however nuanced their justification for killing.

That being said, Bradley Cooper's Oscar nomination is more than deserved.

[bigwillq]

18. Foxcatcher was fantastic!

Carell was creepy good, Ruffalo was outstanding and Tatum turned in a tremendous performance.

Snubbed for Best Picture.

[Surya Gayatri]

19. Skin-crawlingly good! Agree--should have been up for Best Pic...