As the story in this movie unfolded my wife and I had the sense that we knew it, but didn't recognize it. That is because the names of the main characters were changed for this story, however most of it is factual, with some of it dramatized where facts are absent.
The case was that of Robert Durst, and the trial a few years ago was down the road in Galveston. During the movie we are taken to the trial in small snippets, but the main of the story is told in flashback format.
The Robert Durst character is Ryan Gosling as David Marks, son of a Manhattan real estate tycoon. Early in his young adult life David (the 1970s) rejects the idea of joining the family business, and instead wants to move to a rural setting and have a health food business.
He meets Kirsten Dunst as single young adult Katie, they get married, they open a store called "All Good Things", and that is where the name of the movie originates. However that doesn't last long, and David finally joins his dad's business.
But David has some personal issues, believed to stem from trauma from age 7 when he witnessed his mother's tragic death, suicide or accident, it was never clear. He seems to be devoted to Katie but occasional outbursts over seemingly small things cause them to alienate. She disappears in the early 1980s, David is suspected but never charged and she has not been found.
Frank Langella is the patriarch, David's dad, Sanford Marks. In a scene to establish his frugality, and perhaps social faults, after a lunch with his son, his daughter-in-law, and her mother, he announces the bill comes out to $39.50 each which included a generous tip, then waited to collect the share from the surprised woman.
The movie and story are well-crafted and very interesting. There may not be any resolution, but Robert Durst and his alter-ego David Marks make a good story.
SPOILERS: As David became even more strange he ends up in Galveston, often dressing as a woman, and staying out of contact with former friends. He became friends with an older man whose body parts were later discovered in separate bags in Galveston Bay. In the trial David claimed he killed the man in self-defense, and there was not any evidence to convict him of murder. Later he was convicted of a lesser crime, improper disposal of a body, and served a bit of time in prison. Some scenes are presented to indicate how he might have enlisted the aid of others to fake sightings of his wife after she had disappeared.
The case was that of Robert Durst, and the trial a few years ago was down the road in Galveston. During the movie we are taken to the trial in small snippets, but the main of the story is told in flashback format.
The Robert Durst character is Ryan Gosling as David Marks, son of a Manhattan real estate tycoon. Early in his young adult life David (the 1970s) rejects the idea of joining the family business, and instead wants to move to a rural setting and have a health food business.
He meets Kirsten Dunst as single young adult Katie, they get married, they open a store called "All Good Things", and that is where the name of the movie originates. However that doesn't last long, and David finally joins his dad's business.
But David has some personal issues, believed to stem from trauma from age 7 when he witnessed his mother's tragic death, suicide or accident, it was never clear. He seems to be devoted to Katie but occasional outbursts over seemingly small things cause them to alienate. She disappears in the early 1980s, David is suspected but never charged and she has not been found.
Frank Langella is the patriarch, David's dad, Sanford Marks. In a scene to establish his frugality, and perhaps social faults, after a lunch with his son, his daughter-in-law, and her mother, he announces the bill comes out to $39.50 each which included a generous tip, then waited to collect the share from the surprised woman.
The movie and story are well-crafted and very interesting. There may not be any resolution, but Robert Durst and his alter-ego David Marks make a good story.
SPOILERS: As David became even more strange he ends up in Galveston, often dressing as a woman, and staying out of contact with former friends. He became friends with an older man whose body parts were later discovered in separate bags in Galveston Bay. In the trial David claimed he killed the man in self-defense, and there was not any evidence to convict him of murder. Later he was convicted of a lesser crime, improper disposal of a body, and served a bit of time in prison. Some scenes are presented to indicate how he might have enlisted the aid of others to fake sightings of his wife after she had disappeared.