"Foxcatcher" Review
There are so many interesting things about the story of David Schultz and John du Pont. du Pont came from a colorful family of unimaginable wealth. He was cut from Central Casting as a black sheep; awkward, a dreamer and almost certainly born with a mental illness. Schultz was a habitual overachiever. He was also a gregarious, giving fellow whose life was cut short in tragic fashion. Pick any one of those things, and there is the potential for a good movie. Foxcatcher didn't and it isn't. Foxcatcher is Mark Schultz's story. Mark, played by Channing Tatum, is the younger brother of David, and is also a champion wrestler. Mark and David both won gold medals at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles (a great accomplishment, but one sullied by the fact that the Soviet Union led a boycott of Eastern Bloc nations in retaliation for the United States' boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow) and Mark won gold at the 1987 FILA world championships in 1987. It is Mark's