There are so many jokes in "American Hoax" that people will not regard it as a work of art. However, it is in the world created by David O. Russell. It seems to be in vain not to laugh and curse. field. -"The New Yorker"
It may be the director David O. Russell deliberately. The movie "American Hoax" is a comedy with almost black humor. The plot narrative, the color of the camera, and the performance of the actors are always exaggerated and full from time to time. The iconic big David O. Russell jokes that appear from time to time also make the audience laugh. However, even if the story in the film is adapted from a real story, and the opening of the film deliberately uses subtitles to tell the audience that "some of this actually happened" ("Some of this actually happened"), many audiences are still very surprised after watching the film. It’s hard to believe that the film is not a dramatic description but an adaptation of a real story: because almost all the characters in the film, whether it is the liar Irving and Sydney, or the FBI agent Richie, or even Irving’s wife Rosayln, are almost all Treating people and things around you with a deceptive attitude of "no one can be trusted" is like telling the audience: This is a script written by a screenwriter, so don't take it seriously. Even Robert De Niro, who came out to make soy sauce, as a gang boss, negotiating with counterfeit Middle Eastern businessmen, did not have the tense atmosphere of fear in "Good Guys" and "From Vegas to Macau", but just like joking. Tension scene. In the film, the director obviously used a black comedy or drama genre film processing method to describe this seemingly inexplicable scam story. Director David O. Russell’s narrative approach is very similar to the Coen Brothers’ "Burn After Reading". This roughly explains why the original name of the film was not "but ".
Many aspects of the picture, costume style, and soundtrack of "American Hoax" clearly pay tribute to Martin Scorsese's 1990 work "Good Guy", and even Robert De Niro made a special soy sauce: Became the gang boss again. But director David O. Russell obviously chose a different approach from Lao Ma: the narrative is loose and the editing is random. Compared to the previous work "The Happiness Line Behind the Dark Clouds", it may be more focused on the narrative of its own main line. "American Hoax"'s handling of the character's emotional development seems weak: the male role setting is full of chicken thieves, which may be the narrative itself. Intention, and the two female characters Sydney and Rosalyn seem to be materialized sexy symbols in the director’s shots. Although the performances of Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence are impeccable, the driving force of the characters’ emotional development is unconvincing. force. What the audience can see is the excellent performance of the actors and the excellent scheduling ability of the director, but the shortcomings in story advancement and film editing are as obvious as the strong colors of the lens itself.
"American Hoax" is an out-and-out David O. Russell genre film: smart, good-looking, exaggerated, full of color, and full of vitality. As a genre movie, the audience will not be disappointed, but even if it is such an interesting genre movie, in this awards season, compared to "Nebraska", "Drunk Country Folk Songs", "Dallas Buyers Club" His serious work, "American Hoax" itself may also be the same as the top of the head under the cover of Irving's wig: bald and bright, boasting a smile, and no need to think about it. ()
