I hated every second of this movie. It was an absolute slog to get through with no reward. Olympic gold medalist Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum) is contacted by millionaire philanthropist, sport enthusiast and whack job John E. duPont (Steve Carell) to start a training facility on duPont's estate. Thanks to a combination of daddy issues and an inferiority complex large enough to sink the Titanic, Schultz agrees. His older brother, an all-around better person, Dave (Mark Ruffalo), doesn't join up initially because he has a wife and family but changes his mind after duPont throws a ton of money at him. This strains Mark and duPont's relationship to the breaking point.
This is based on a true and very tragic story. If it is even halfway accurate, duPont was a delusional maniac and deep in the closet. By all rights, duPont should have been facing life in prison without parole for first-degree murder, instead of murder in the third degree but money has always been more eloquent than any lawyer. Real justice aside, this was a terribly boring movie which rambled on for over two hours. I loathed every frame.
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