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Film: Foxcatcher

This is a bad year for "prestige" movies. Inherent Vice is the worst one, but Birdman and Foxcatcher are tied for 2nd for terribleness. I'm surprised at how little these films have to say about...anything...really. Foxcatcher offers no insight to the crime the film ends with. It happens almost randomly. There seems to be something about "America" going on in the film -- it certainly comes up a lot in conversations and is both too on the nose and without any substance. Can we conclude anything other than Steve Carrell is a weirdo with too much money? Cannot everyone in the film see it? How is this reflective of America? Other problems: very little happens throughout the film. There is little warmth save for what Ruffalo can bring. The actors were committed, so it seems, but what they are committed to, feels very slight and utterly depressing. For a much better treatment of similar material, I suggest Warrior.