another ridiculous performance by christian bale in a role he's not even remotely suited for. he got an oscar for doing this last time, so i'm expecting a nobel peace prize or something here. i mean, it's a david o. russell movie, so you kind of know what you're getting. bad editing, poor pacing, lots of clever dialogue and sight gags that are barely chuckle worthy. just when you start to care about something in the movie, we cut away from it and never come back. amy adams is the star here. her and renner are the only things that feel even remotely real, but everyone's going nuts over j. law, so what do i know. she was fine, she's a star obviously, but i can't get behind these showy look-at-me roles that feel like characters and deliberate acting choices instead of real people (see: almost every performance in the fighter).
not even gonna bother getting worked up about david o. russell's latest sub-mediocre film that everyone in hollywood pretends is a masterpiece. just give him some oscars please, so we can wrap up this career comeback narrative and him and his terrible movies can go away.
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