Disturbing, but my word, it really has an impact.
Superbly done, and a really eerie atmosphere to the film, not to mention the character.
Love it!
It's great. Gyllenhaal should had gotten an Oscar nod.
shareI was very impressed with the whole thing, especially Gyllenhaal’s performance. I always found him overrated but he earned some serious respect here.
I know it’s roughly 10 years old (how did that happen?) but even for then it’s a little dated in its portrayal of news media. Social media was cutting into legacy media even back then, and the real problem with mainstream media is that it’s controlled almost exclusively by Globalists and Leftists.
Also some unwelcome wokeness in the ‘good’ characters being non-whites (his assistant and the unconvincing fat black woman cop), apart from the white male in the newsroom who has some ethical concerns. All other whites were portrayed as various shades of vile scum. Also, the writer-director seems to be blaming ‘capitalism’ which is wrongheaded and hypocritical of him.
Those issues aside this is a great character study and commentary on the media. Bravo.