Robert Pattinson plays the ultimate, desperate scumbag who only has two thoughts in his head: getting away with his next crime and protecting his handicapped brother.
And I'm not going to lie, it's a hard watch for me, because it's just one thing after another going wrong for this guy, spiraling out into the next thing going wrong. This is not usually my type of movie.
At some point it's hard not to feel a little bit of sympathy for him, even though, y'know, it feels like he's already been spending a lot of time digging his own grave. Every time he runs from those consequences, the hole gets deeper.
But, through the love he seems to have for his brother, you feel for this mixed up guy just the same. And for what it's worth, though Pattinson's character does not seem to be a good person, he's not necessarily that bad either. It's a lot more shades of grey --and one really terrible week.
Shoutouts to Benny Safdie, too. Had to look him up after the movie was over because this is the first thing I've seen him in and he absolutely nails it as Pattinson's handicapped brother. Never once did it ever occur to me that might be an actor.
And I'm not going to lie, it's a hard watch for me, because it's just one thing after another going wrong for this guy, spiraling out into the next thing going wrong. This is not usually my type of movie.
At some point it's hard not to feel a little bit of sympathy for him, even though, y'know, it feels like he's already been spending a lot of time digging his own grave. Every time he runs from those consequences, the hole gets deeper.
But, through the love he seems to have for his brother, you feel for this mixed up guy just the same. And for what it's worth, though Pattinson's character does not seem to be a good person, he's not necessarily that bad either. It's a lot more shades of grey --and one really terrible week.
Shoutouts to Benny Safdie, too. Had to look him up after the movie was over because this is the first thing I've seen him in and he absolutely nails it as Pattinson's handicapped brother. Never once did it ever occur to me that might be an actor.
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