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I enjoyed it. Very good performances especially Olivia Wilde. Very clean story telling, not preachy at all. Very scary portrait of the FBI. You felt good for Jewell, then bad, then you thought he was an idiot, then you identified with him, sometimes all at once. The movie won't make you cheer or cry so it's not going to be huge box office. But it's restraint is one of the main reasons it's such a good movie.
Just had an unrelated thought. Eastwoood is almost the opposite of Tarantino. Tarantio is always making you aware that you are watching a movie. He uses craft to make comments about film in his films. Eastwood uses craft to stay out of the way. To keep you focused on the material at hand. To be invisible. Jewell is a perfect example of this.
Just had an unrelated thought. Eastwoood is almost the opposite of Tarantino. Tarantio is always making you aware that you are watching a movie. He uses craft to make comments about film in his films. Eastwood uses craft to stay out of the way. To keep you focused on the material at hand. To be invisible. Jewell is a perfect example of this.