Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Steve CarellJohn du Pont
- Channing TatumMark Schultz
- Mark RuffaloDavid Schultz
- Sienna MillerNancy Schultz
- Vanessa RedgraveJean du Pont
- Anthony Michael HallJack
- Guy BoydHenry Beck
- Brett RiceFred Cole
- Jackson FrazerAlexander Schultz
- Samara LeeDanielle Schultz
Recommendations
- 100
CineVue
Carell, in a rare but not unique departure into drama, proves himself as accomplished at tragedy as he is at comedy. - 100
The Guardian
It is a gripping film: horrible, scary and desperately sad. - 100
The Hollywood Reporter
Mesmerizing in its incremental layering of a bizarre, tragic and thoroughly warped character study, Foxcatcher sees director Bennett Miller well surpassing even the fine work he did in his previous two films, Capote and Moneyball. - 100
The Playlist
With Foxcatcher, [Miller] has outdone himself, turning his uniquely meticulous eye to a tiny story in a totally rarefied, specific environment and through whatever alchemy he has perfected, created something so universal and resonant that it feels epic, sprawling, almost ancient in its mythic overtones. Foxcatcher is an enormous film. - 100
The Telegraph
Miller finds grand, America-describing themes in the interactions between these three men: the extraordinary influence of inherited wealth, the hunkered-down ambition of working-class athletes, the equation of material success with honour and moral rectitude. - 100
Variety
If the screenplay, by Dan Futterman (“Capote”) and E. Max Frye, is relatively spare in terms of dialogue, it’s satisfyingly rich and thorny in its conception of the tightly wound triangle at its center, while Miller’s direction evinces the same sustained intensity and consummate control of his material that defined his first two features. - 91
IndieWire
Though anchored by a affecting and sullen turn by Channing Tatum, the movie derives its primary discomfiting power from Steve Carell in a revelatory performance as a monster of American wealth. - 88
Film.com
Nothing short of fascinating.
