2014 · drama · biography · sport
Foxcatcher
Directed by Bennett Miller2h 14m2014
The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.
Our read: Foxcatcher (2014) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · biography · sport entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, extreme drama / biography, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- extreme
- bleak
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