The problem here isn't that it's a bad movie. It's actually a pretty good movie, with great writing and marvelous acting. The problem is that they sold this to audiences-- to me-- as a crime drama or a gangster film. This movie is very explicitly the opposite of a gangster film. The fact that the producers sold out the content and spirit of their own movie to draw in a few more viewers demonstrates their lack of respect for art and audiences alike.
shareI didn't get that impression either. It certainly was a crime drama, but perhaps not like the ones you expected. Looking back on the TV show The Sopranos, one of the brilliant things it does that people don't give it credit for, is making you understand Tony Soprano's cover up from his crimes. He always was a businessman and covered his tracks very well with their garbage company, same as Walter White on Breaking Bad did with his car washing business. A Most Violent Year focuses much more on the cover, the disguise the characters wear to hide their wrongdoings and how high someone like that can go. By all accounts, Abel Morales is a fantastic businessman, runs the company almost perfectly, but things slowly fall apart because of the ones around him.
I really dug it, but people certainly did go in to it thinking it was a gangster film, rather wrongfully so IMO. From the trailers, it looked very much like a slow boil and I went in expecting that. But too many people now can't handle a slower pace. It's not to say they just want action, just don't think enough appreciate the drama that's built up here enough and think "nothings happening" when plenty is going on here.
I got the same impression from the various trailers and adverts that pop up that this was a story about a man who diced with the mob ,luckily i came here and read some real reviews.
And before the trolls appear
I understand the acting is decent and that the writing is good but unfortunately you cant write a good movie without an enticing subject and this just isnt one.
I understand the acting is decent and that the writing is good but unfortunately you cant write a good movie without an enticing subject and this just isnt one.
Just because you went in with wrong expectations, you can't blame wrong advertising.
Maybe you should check out more than the title of a movie before you go in next time
For every lie I unlearn I learn something new - Ani Difranco
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