An average movie

Not so long ago, I saw 'Cosmopolis' which was just terrible and, by far, the least satisfaying movie directed by David Cronenberg so far. With this in mind, I was rather apprehensive about his following directing effort but, fortunately,  it was much better. To be honest,  I still didn’t really like it though but it was at least much more watchable.  In fact, the biggest problem was that, pretty much like in 'Cosmopolis', it was filled with characters who just were really unlikable and, therefore,  it was rather difficult to care about what they were going through. At least, it was a little bit more interesting and, once again, Cronenberg had quite an impressive cast at his disposal ( Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, John Cusack, Olivia Williams, Robert Pattinson) and they all delivered some really solid performances. The other thing that made the movie difficult to appreciate was that the structure was really uneven. Indeed, at first, it started with a multitude of characters, most of them living a rather decadent life  without an actual plot, like in a Robert Altman film, but, suddenly, half way through,  they added some kind of plot about this family with a really messed history. Anyway, even though the whole thing was rather half-baked,  I still think it was rather intriguing and I think it is worth a look, especially if you're interested in David Cronenberg's work.

6/10