An average movie

Honestly, it has been a while since I have seen this movie but I remember it quite well. It is actually pretty osbcure and I wonder why it never got much love. Indeed, it deals with a fascinating true story and the lead character was played by Ewan McGregor, probably one of the best actors of his generation, so it definitely had some potential to be really great. Unfortunately, I have to admit it, it never managed to be really spellbinding after all. I mean, I still believe that it was entertaining and McGregor delivered once again a solid performance but it is always the issue with a tale like this one, the viewers already know at the beginning how it will end so how do you manage to still make it exciting or interesting? In this case, they only partially succeeded and the whole thing was just too predictable to become really remarkable. Years later, some other movies about the same subject like ‘Margin Call’ or ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ would work even though the outcome was known from the start. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it still is an interesting feature and I think it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested by this subject.

6/10