by John Zenoni
‘Amsterdam’, ‘Amsterdam’, ‘Amsterdam’ - each of the three primary characters repeats this in key moments of the latest David O. Russell film of the same name. What I do not get is reading that this movie is on its way to being one of the biggest money losers of the year, to a tune of almost $100 million dollars! Very disappointing considering that this is a pretty good adult film that is for once NOT a horror or MCU or DC movie.
It's somewhat quirky, and not perfect by any means, but I really did enjoy the chemistry between the leads - Margot Robbie, Christian Bale, and John David Washington - and the performances by the remainder of the star studded cast: Taylor Swift (who does a pretty good job I must say), Robert DeNiro, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rami Malek, Mike Myers, Chris Rock, Timothy Olyphant and Zoe Saldana. Honestly, this film almost plays out like a Wes Anderson film, in that there are some strange characters, sequences and behaviors. But there is a good crime mystery behind the plot and I enjoyed it myself.
No comments:
Post a Comment