Christian Bale

Margot Robbie

John David Washington

Alessandro Nivola

Andrea Riseborough

Anya Taylor-Joy

Chris Rock

Matthias Schoenaerts

Michael Shannon

Mike Myers

Taylor Swift

Timothy Olyphant

Zoe Saldaña

Rami Malek

Robert De Niro

Mel Fair

Vaughn Page

Bonnie Hellman

Max Perlich

Ed Begley Jr.

Jessica Drake

Colleen Camp

Gabé Doppelt

Lauren Shaw

Brandon Davis

Casey Biggs

Dey Young

Sean Avery

Gigi Bermingham

André Tardieu

Casey Graf

Rebecca Wisocky

Daniel Riordan

Steven Hack

Floyd Armstrong

Leonard A. Tucker Jr.

Baxter Humby

Richie Harrington

John Pirkis

Shedell

Kindsey Vaughn

Beth Grant

Christopher Gehrman

Shiree Nelson

Tom Irwin

Leland Orser

David Babbitt

Mike Azevedo

Martin Harris

Christopher Kager

Donovan Hurst

Jarrett Johnson

Kawan DeBose

Deon Sams

Richard Harrington

Homer Aguilar

Dalila Ali Rajah

Chase Arrington

Vincent M. Biscione

Andrew Constantini

Raphael Corkhill

Timothy Donovan

Susan Gray

Adolf Hitler

Mathew Trent Hunnicutt

James Hunter

Valeria Malikova

Luke Matheis

Benito Mussolini

Eloho Josephine Okujeni

Alef Orixa

Stefan Sharpe

Adam G. Simon

Kalina Vanska

Max David Weinberg

Mark Winn

Albert Wolsky

Jay Cassidy

Judy Becker

J.R. Hawbaker

Kalia Prescott

Drake

Adel 'Future' Nur

Sam Hanson

Arnon Milchan

Anthony Katagas

Michael Schaefer

Yariv Milchan

David O. Russell

Daniel Pemberton

Givēon

Tracey Landon

Horace Knight Jr.

Eliana Adise

Roger Spain

Mary Vernieu

Carlton Fluker

Brian Simpson

Kristina Massie

P. Scott Sakamoto

Frank Torres

Brian Machleit

Kelly Richardson

Jose Vasquez

Arthur To

Alexander Linde

Doug Torres

Brent Jones

Jonathan Fuh

Rachel Schroeder

Alexander Wei

Eddie Yansick

Max Deleo

Chester Milton

Trygge Toven

Denney Pierce

Vlad Rimburg

Sarena Cohen

Per Hallberg

Mateo Bourdieu

Josh Quiros

Hank Corwin

Ernest Dickerson Jr.

Paul Metcalf

Tom McComas

Danielle Osborne

Sibi Bale

Tim Pedegana

José Antonio García

Emmeline Luka Bale

Lindsay Graham Ahanonu

Clint Jones

Alan Baumgarten

Liv Banks

Keith Kuhl

Brian Duffy

Christina Fong

Keenen Bray

Rex Bale

Anna Thea Bogdanovich

Allen Maris

Michael Bauman

Tennille Alcindor

Guy Botham

Emerson Bonadias

Nicole Arnell

Nia Budhiaty

Sarang Choi

Kush Dhir

Manuela Amon

George Antzoulides

Joyce Au

Patrice Avery

Prakriti Banerjee

Matteo Borgomanero

Malen Beracierto

Joshua Barriger

Ciarra Academia

Carrie Carnevale

Yeri Casanova

Simon Deighton

Kim Doyle

Eric D. Christensen

Jack Dorst

Celia Kim

Adam Avery

Scott Balkcom

Aiden Balon

Mystery

Comedy

Drama

Amsterdam

DreamCrew

Keep Your Head Productions

Corazon Hayagriva

New Regency Productions

Regency Enterprises

United States of America

With a star-laden cast and acclaimed Director David O. Russell at the helm, the new film “Amsterdam” arrives and touts a story mostly based on real events.

Following injuries they sustained serving in WWI, Dr. Burt Berendsen (Christian Bale) and Harold Woodman (John David Washington) return to New York to find a world where Veterans are not as welcome as they thought and racial division remains for Harold despite fighting for his country.

Burt having lost an eye in the war finds that his uptown In-Laws and wife shipped him to the war to get him out of the way as his mixed Catholic and Jewish heritage is not ideal for their version of society nor is his insistence on helping Vets at his practice over the cream of society.

When a wealthy socialite Liz Meekins (Taylor Swift) hires Harold to investigate what she believes is the murder of her prominent father, Burt is asked for his medical verification. When an unexpected event arises, Burt and Harold find themselves the leading suspects and must seek to find a way to clear their names from an ever-deepening mystery, one that brings them back into the circle of a former associate who treated them during the war named Valerie (Margot Robbie). The fact that Harold and Valerie had a relationship in Amsterdam following the war and that Burt was the adored friend of both further complicates the matter.

With complications mounting, the three must find a way to solve the mystery and save the day before the end of either dead or being charged for crimes they are innocent of with an ever-growing cast of characters and suspects for them to contend with.

The visuals of the film are solid as they capture the look and sounds of New York in the 1930s and the cast and costumes also lead to a fantastic level of immersion. Bale is so good as his character as it is hard to believe it is him as he transforms himself completely into a new being with a distinctive look, sound, and mannerisms which underscores how he is one of the most gifted and versatile actors ever.

The entire cast is very good from the leads to the supporting players but what hampers the film from truly achieving is that it is very slow and at times self-indulgent in the pacing and story.

There is an interesting premise, great cast, great performances, and solid visuals, but the film drags on without any regard to pacing, dramatic tension, or real surprises which in the end makes watching it a long task without the payoff one would expect, especially for the time the audiences has invested.

In the end, the film delivers entertainment and great performances but lacks the pacing and payoff to make the trip fully worthwhile.

3.5 stars out of 5.

The Movie Mob

**Amsterdam's uneven pacing and erratic story mishandled its amazing potential and left me wondering when it would finally end.**

Amsterdam comes roaring out of the gate with a fast-paced, quirky, charming, and unique mystery of the likes of Sherlock Holmes or Knives Out. The list of celebrities and actors continues to grow as almost every face in this movie is another a-lister making an entertaining appearance. I was so excited to see what happened next and was surprised when the story suddenly screeched to a halt for a very long slow flashback that didn't offer much to the plot. I hoped the exciting pace would return when the story returned to its original narrative, but the risk and urgency had been replaced by a scattered collection of arbitrary dialogue and scenes that lingered much longer than needed. The pacing lagged almost an hour before ramping back up in the final act. Amsterdam had so much potential but floundered in its attempts to be whimsical and unique. The film's best part was Michael Shannon and Mike Myers' quirky bird-loving spies. Every time they were on the screen, I couldn't help but laugh. Christian Bale logged another amazing performance, as expected. But even with entertaining characters, great performances, and an exciting opening and conclusion, Amsterdam fumbled all its fantastic elements and ended up making my eyes heavy and my heart yearn to go to bed early.

Nathan

_Amsterdam_ does nothing to reinvent the wheel but does everything well enough that I had a pleasant time in the theater. The performances all around were excellent. Christian Bale was brilliant in this film, every new role Bale finds himself in he knocks out of the park, and I continually ask myself what can't he do? Margot Robbie was really great too. In many of her roles, her Harley Quinn mannerisms creep in and while I find that fun it was really refreshing to see her get away from that in Amsterdam. John David Washington was fine in his role, I never really find him to have great performances, but always does enough to get the job done, that can be said again with his performance here. The supporting roles were all fine too Raimi Malek and Anna Taylor-Joy did well and had funny chemistry together. Mike Myers and Robert De Niro did fine as well. While the story was not overly original, I had a blast following it to its finality. There are many fun twists and turns along the way and found a way to keep me gripped and entertained throughout it's near two- and half-hour runtime. While many critics are giving these harsh reviews, I think it is a good film that is fun watch despite its flaws.

**Score:** _68%_ |
**Verdict:** _Good_

CinemaSerf

Even if it is based on true events, it's all just a bit to slapstick and fa-fetched for me. The story centres around "Berendsen" (Christian Bale) who is asked by his pal "Woodman" (John David Washington) to help out the widowed "Mrs. Meekins" (Taylor Swift) whose husband - a former American general - has mysteriously died. A slightly dodgy autopsy follows and pretty soon, someone has gone under the wheels of a car and our two gents are being sought by the police and by a clandestine organisation. Can they stay free and can we discover what is truly going on? Well David O. Russell decides to tell the story by chopping and changing the timelines, and so we retrace our steps to a WWI hospital where both men find themselves in the care of the slightly enigmatic nurse "Valerie" (Margot Robbie) who collects the shrapnel she takes from their wounded bodies and makes works of art from it. The three form an immutable bond before time and circumstances drive them apart, only for them to reunite unexpectedly as their current-day dilemma reaches it's denouement. The film looks great, certainly. The attention to detail, the costumes and the score all work well. It's the narrative, though, that really struggled for me. The story is just too insubstantial to sustain the 2¼ hour running time and as ever, I found Robbie a remarkably sterile actress to watch. Nobody could ever cause Bale of not trying, but there is a distinct lack of on-screen chemistry across the board here. None of that is helped by Rami Malek's rather underwhelming contribution as "Tom" - her wealthy if eccentric and clearly manipulating brother. Oddly enough, I found myself thinking this had something of the Agatha Christie to it - and maybe it would have worked better with a much tighter cast on a stage where the humour and quirkiness of the characterisations could have been better exploited? As it is, though, this sort of meanders back and forth with little impetus and I have to say I was a bit bored half way through.

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