RICHARD JEWELL - Trailer 12/13 (Dir. Clint Eastwood) (Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm)

[AnonymityX1000]

Clint Eastwood is using this story to make a political statement about 'oppressed' white people but that was probably one of the craziest events of the 90's, I mean the media was tearing this dude apart.

Yeah, I totally felt bad for dude. I was living with this girl that summer and her roommate swore up and down he was guilty and when he wasn't she was still like, "I think he still did it." What a bytch.

 

[re'up]

I hate that this may be good enough to get me to see a Clint Eastwood movie in theaters, for the first time in 9 years/

 

[re'up]

I did myself something of a disservice by seeing this movie, the day after the transcendent, stunning "Waves", but nevertheless, I did, and I can say, this is not worth watching. I enjoyed Jon Hamm, in an easy and underused role, I liked the chronicling of an event I vaguely remember from childhood. Eastwood's flat direction, and refusal to inject any sense of artistic sensibilities, this is like an Ikea chest of drawers movie, handicaps an already flawed movie. The main performance of Jewell is very good, Olivia Wilde is practically foaming at the mouth, like some sort of newsroom vampire, in a ludicrous performance, that Eastwood and co. should be deeply, deeply embarrassed by.

It is sexist, lazy, nonsensical, needless savaging of a woman, who, is likely not even guilty of what the movie charges. It undermines the entire movie, or comes very close. It's a deeply political movie, Eastwood's portrayal of the FBI is hamfisted and un nuanced, we learn nothing of the real investigation or procedures, that undermined it. We learn that the FBI and the media oppress the falsely accused white man, who is a gun owner, lives with his Mom, and is underemployed, the "forgotten man". As a political statement, I disagree, but the movie doesn't make it's points with any eloquence or style, or subtlety, or a worthwhile movie, outside of a light Jon Hamm performance, or moment or two.

Richard Jewell
The Mule
Gran Torino
Sully

 

[Deltron]

thanks for the review.

 

[TheGodling]

I did myself something of a disservice by seeing this movie, the day after the transcendent, stunning "Waves", but nevertheless, I did, and I can say, this is not worth watching. I enjoyed Jon Hamm, in an easy and underused role, I liked the chronicling of an event I vaguely remember from childhood. Eastwood's flat direction, and refusal to inject any sense of artistic sensibilities, this is like an Ikea chest of drawers movie, handicaps an already flawed movie. The main performance of Jewell is very good, Olivia Wilde is practically foaming at the mouth, like some sort of newsroom vampire, in a ludicrous performance, that Eastwood and co. should be deeply, deeply embarrassed by.

It is sexist, lazy, nonsensical, needless savaging of a woman, who, is likely not even guilty of what the movie charges. It undermines the entire movie, or comes very close. It's a deeply political movie, Eastwood's portrayal of the FBI is hamfisted and un nuanced, we learn nothing of the real investigation or procedures, that undermined it. We learn that the FBI and the media oppress the falsely accused white man, who is a gun owner, lives with his Mom, and is underemployed, the "forgotten man". As a political statement, I disagree, but the movie doesn't make it's points with any eloquence or style, or subtlety, or a worthwhile movie, outside of a light Jon Hamm performance, or moment or two.

Richard Jewell
The Mule
Gran Torino
Sully

Yeah, from what I'm hearing about this film Eastwood basically uses this actually intriguing story to put on a big Trump defense show about how the media and FBI are manipulative collaborators aiming to bring down a "good American".

 

[re'up]

I doubt he would ever admit to it, or the constant narratives in his movies, but I can't see another way to look at it. Aside from the the politics/social messaging, the movie it mostly lifeless, and Eastwood should start getting more criticism from his obviously rapid, and artistically absent direction, he's a long, long way from Play Misty For Me.

Russian accented wife (make of that what you will) and her anti government lawyer boss/husband helps overweight, gun hoarding, underemployed, and unsophisticated white man from the clutches of the oversexualized, sexually liberally and ambitious media, and the overbearing, "states rights" trampling FBI agents

The FBI agent is a caricature of several different FBI agents, and given a fictional name, whereas Olivia Wilde's character is given the name of the actual journalist who died in 2001.

 

[NobodyReally]

I did myself something of a disservice by seeing this movie, the day after the transcendent, stunning "Waves", but nevertheless, I did, and I can say, this is not worth watching. I enjoyed Jon Hamm, in an easy and underused role, I liked the chronicling of an event I vaguely remember from childhood. Eastwood's flat direction, and refusal to inject any sense of artistic sensibilities, this is like an Ikea chest of drawers movie, handicaps an already flawed movie. The main performance of Jewell is very good, Olivia Wilde is practically foaming at the mouth, like some sort of newsroom vampire, in a ludicrous performance, that Eastwood and co. should be deeply, deeply embarrassed by.

It is sexist, lazy, nonsensical, needless savaging of a woman, who, is likely not even guilty of what the movie charges. It undermines the entire movie, or comes very close. It's a deeply political movie, Eastwood's portrayal of the FBI is hamfisted and un nuanced, we learn nothing of the real investigation or procedures, that undermined it. We learn that the FBI and the media oppress the falsely accused white man, who is a gun owner, lives with his Mom, and is underemployed, the "forgotten man". As a political statement, I disagree, but the movie doesn't make it's points with any eloquence or style, or subtlety, or a worthwhile movie, outside of a light Jon Hamm performance, or moment or two.

Richard Jewell
The Mule
Gran Torino
Sully

Yeah, from what I'm hearing about this film Eastwood basically uses this actually intriguing story to put on a big Trump defense show about how the media and FBI are manipulative collaborators aiming to bring down a "good American".

I doubt he would ever admit to it, or the constant narratives in his movies, but I can't see another way to look at it. Aside from the the politics/social messaging, the movie it mostly lifeless, and Eastwood should start getting more criticism from his obviously rapid, and artistically absent direction, he's a long, long way from Play Misty For Me.

Russian accented wife (make of that what you will) and her anti government lawyer boss/husband helps overweight, gun hoarding, underemployed, and unsophisticated white man from the clutches of the oversexualized, sexually liberally and ambitious media, and the overbearing, "states rights" trampling FBI agents

The FBI agent is a caricature of several different FBI agents, and given a fictional name, whereas Olivia Wilde's character is given the name of the actual journalist who died in 2001.

This is why I stopped watching his new stuff. Great review, re'up.

 

[Vandelay]

Interesting story, I remember from my days of reading tabloids at like age 10 or so, which I still don't fully understand, but he was innocent of the bombing? The tabloids really fueled in some ways, a lot of false narratives in the 90's, and now, with Trump, Bezos, AMI, the federal investigation we see how underhanded some of the business practices were.

That said, another beleaguered white man movie, and after catching The Mule on HBO last month, Eastwood is an embarrassment. The Mule is a racially charged white savior story, with no less than TWO threesomes with a 90 year old man. It was awful.

Lol wut!?

 

[Vandelay]

I did myself something of a disservice by seeing this movie, the day after the transcendent, stunning "Waves", but nevertheless, I did, and I can say, this is not worth watching. I enjoyed Jon Hamm, in an easy and underused role, I liked the chronicling of an event I vaguely remember from childhood. Eastwood's flat direction, and refusal to inject any sense of artistic sensibilities, this is like an Ikea chest of drawers movie, handicaps an already flawed movie. The main performance of Jewell is very good, Olivia Wilde is practically foaming at the mouth, like some sort of newsroom vampire, in a ludicrous performance, that Eastwood and co. should be deeply, deeply embarrassed by.

It is sexist, lazy, nonsensical, needless savaging of a woman, who, is likely not even guilty of what the movie charges. It undermines the entire movie, or comes very close. It's a deeply political movie, Eastwood's portrayal of the FBI is hamfisted and un nuanced, we learn nothing of the real investigation or procedures, that undermined it. We learn that the FBI and the media oppress the falsely accused white man, who is a gun owner, lives with his Mom, and is underemployed, the "forgotten man". As a political statement, I disagree, but the movie doesn't make it's points with any eloquence or style, or subtlety, or a worthwhile movie, outside of a light Jon Hamm performance, or moment or two.

Richard Jewell
The Mule
Gran Torino
Sully

So you're saying that you don't like it?

 

[Cartier Murphy]

Kathy Bates killed her role and Paul Walter Hauser did really good as the titular character, but yeah this was kinda whatever. I was really looking forward to it but overall it was kinda flat, by the time it ended I didn’t really feel anything except annoyance at how many times Jewell willingly stuck his head in the guillotine for the FBI

 

[valet]

Never loved a Eastwood directed film until now. Still havent seen some of the Oscar films (i.e. Uncut) but its better Joker, End Game, Irishmen to me. No pacing flaws. The main character is complex. A mixture of George Zimmerman combined with the slow niguh from "How to Make". Ham killed it as a villian. Thot reporter killed. If Cathy Bates don't get a supporting actress nod....

Now, agenda wise, I think Easfaood djd it to shame the Clinton administration and that butch fbi leader. Plus, you got an innocent white male bring accused of being accused of being a terrorist (though ironically it was one). Maybe, im cynical but i cant see Eastwood telling us to be suspicious of the government. But nonetheless, this an A grade movie
Well done.

 

[KING WILL]

shyt was good.

Every main killed their role.

 

[valet]

On HBO

 

[old pig]

oh wow...forgot completely about this movie...gonna download it now

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

Watching now

shyt got me mad as fukk