A good movie

Since I have always been interested in Steven Soderbergh's work, of course, I was really eager to check his (supposedly) last theatrical effort. Well, to be honest, I find it rather hard to judge the whole thing. I mean, there were many things that I did enjoy a lot, the directing was really solid and there was a stellar cast who gave some strong performances (Rooney Mara, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Channing Tatum). And yet, as often with this director, during the whole thing, I couldn't help thinking that once again, he was just playing around, experimenting with his new toy without caring much for the end-result. Indeed, basically, the first half was an interesting study about the effects of depression. It was definitely intriguing, even though I didn’t care much about the huge focus on the medication. But then, the second half turned into some efficient but still rather far-fetched thriller and, apparently, everything we saw in the first half about depression, the meds and all that stuff was just pretty much bullsh*t. The more I think about it, the more it actually annoys me but, at least, it was well made. To conclude, I'm pretty sure my rating is actually too high but I still think it is worth a look, especially if you're interested in Steven Soderbergh's work.

7/10