From the film, you can feel that Bennett is a director who has full confidence in his talent, from "Moneyball" to "Foxcatcher". He disdains to repeat the inspiration often found in traditional sports movies. theme. For this film, sports, games and stories are just a shell, with which Bennett wants to show the hidden side of human nature.
It's more of a biopic than a sports movie. In this film, there are not many lines between the characters, and the emotions and atmosphere are created with the help of the actors' performances.
The main actors Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, and Mark Ruffalo contributed a lot to the film, and they held up the whole film with serious and wonderful performances. Of particular note is Steve, who is a comedian in the traditional sense, but in this film he plays the legendary John Dupont in such a serious and restrained way that in many of the film's moments , you can clearly feel the invisible sense of oppression he creates on the people around him and even on the audience.
Where is the source of the tragedy? What's behind the success? ...Although the film is over, the questions it raises are thought-provoking, and this is the most extraordinary aspect of "Moneyball" and "Foxcatcher".
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