Bennett Miller, the meticulous young director of Capote and the popular baseball film Moneyball, brings his quality of excellence back to front-row focus in Foxcatcher, a different kind of epic biopic about crime and wrestling
But with "Foxcatcher," he 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
Oscar contender Foxcatcher tells a gripping and true tale of an eccentric and wealthy benefactor (played by an unrecognizable but truly remarkable Steve Carell) for a team of Olympic-hopeful wrestlers, including brothers
The last lines of dialogue in “Foxcatcher” are “USA! USA!” A wrestler stares longingly at a portrait of George Washington. There's a vintage American flag over a desk, talk about American values and a visit to Valley Forge. It's almost as if director
In “Foxcatcher,” an eerie horror story about one American have and one have-not, a startlingly transformed Steve Carell plays John Eleuthère du Pont, the chemical company heir. A dabbler extraordinaire and apparent fantasist whose family fortune was