Kurt Loder Reviews Foxcatcher

The three star
performances at the heart of Foxcatcher — by
Steve Carell, Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo — have already
stirred much Oscar talk, and understandably so. They’re remarkable
in very different ways. It’s too bad that the true-crime story in
which these performances are set has been contorted to teach a
sociopolitical lesson that is both trite and unpersuasive, as if
the bizarre real-life facts of the case were too naturally
engrossing — too lowbrow — and required a sheen of moral
instruction in order to justify the filmmakers’ more discerning
interest, writes Kurt Loder. 

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