Super solid film, classic feel. Only critique would be that it could do more with the characters - but honestly, some of cinema's classic crime films do even less in that department and are still amazing. Jude Law fantastic. Some lovely, clean photography with occasional and well placed flair (hello POV-attached-to-a-door shot). A shame it's not been talked about/picked up. But it seems these days all anyone talks about are statement films - even if they're terrible - and not just good, staid, quality films.
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Spotlight 2015
What I liked the most was the naturalistic style, which nevertheless included subtle but artistic deep field shots of long office floors and everyday scenes with churches in the background. Sometimes all you need to do in cinema is stick the camera somewhere on a tripod with a wide shot and let the scene do the talking.
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