This 2014 sports thriller movie is a long (134 minutes) and rather flat film, at least to this disappointed viewer. Super rich John du Pont (Steve Carell) invites Olympic wrestler Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum) to live on his big country manor estate and form a wrestling team to compete in the 1988 Olympics. Mark's older brother Dave (Mark Ruffalo), despite some misgivings, supports his kid brother's move. Dave, also an Olympic wrestler, is also Mark's coach and mentor. The problem is John wants to take over that role in Mark's life and career. Carell does a good job with the du Pont character (based on a true story), but du Pont is too wooden, humorless, and restrained. (Plus, Carell has a ridiculously huge nose as part of his makeup.) He interacts with his mother Jean played by Vanessa Redgrave, but maybe their distant and loveless relationship should've been further explored. We see that she likes the thoroughbred horses, and he doesn't. But something else sure needed to happen to generate tension and suspense. Anyway, the talented Ruffalo was fine as he always is in any picture I've watched him act in. Foxcatcher isn't a terrible movie, by any stretch, but maybe I'll enjoy the next movie I see more. I hope so.
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