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Metascore
49 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100CineVueJohn BleasdaleCineVueJohn BleasdaleCarell, in a rare but not unique departure into drama, proves himself as accomplished at tragedy as he is at comedy.
- 100The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawIt is a gripping film: horrible, scary and desperately sad.
- 100The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyMesmerizing in its incremental layering of a bizarre, tragic and thoroughly warped character study, Foxcatcher sees director Bennett Miller well surpassing even the fine work he did in his previous two films, Capote and Moneyball.
- 100The PlaylistJessica KiangThe PlaylistJessica KiangWith Foxcatcher, [Miller] 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 epic, sprawling, almost ancient in its mythic overtones. Foxcatcher is an enormous film.
- 100The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinMiller finds grand, America-describing themes in the interactions between these three men: the extraordinary influence of inherited wealth, the hunkered-down ambition of working-class athletes, the equation of material success with honour and moral rectitude.
- 100VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangIf the screenplay, by Dan Futterman (“Capote”) and E. Max Frye, is relatively spare in terms of dialogue, it’s satisfyingly rich and thorny in its conception of the tightly wound triangle at its center, while Miller’s direction evinces the same sustained intensity and consummate control of his material that defined his first two features.
- 88Film.comJordan HoffmanFilm.comJordan HoffmanNothing short of fascinating.
- 83HitfixDrew McWeenyHitfixDrew McWeenyThese performances are beyond reproach, which makes it even stranger that the film never quite turns into the crushing experience it feels like it should be.
- 40Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichOnce Miller lays all his cards on the table, however, you realize you haven’t been watching people struggling with the very real temptations of unchecked privilege, so much as fumbling blindly in a glib, gloomy satire of American exceptionalism.