All Good Things
Inspired by a true story of the most notorious unsolved missing person’s case in New York history.
All Good Things is a love story and murder mystery set against the backdrop of a New York real estate dynasty in the 1980s. Produced and directed by Andrew Jarecki (director of the Academy Award-nominated doc Capturing the Friedmans and producer of Catfish), the film was inspired by the story of Robert Durst, scion of the wealthy Durst family. Mr. Durst was suspected but never tried for killing his wife Kathie who disappeared in 1982 and was never found.
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Bit too late - Mano
I was not aware of this infamous murder and subsequent developments. Reminded me of OJ's case.
That seems to be the problem with this movie. So far removed from the original incident.
Having said that it did send a chill down my spine. How the rich folks can manipulate the system and literally get away with murder. I guess this must be common in NYC with all kinds of gangs operating in Gotham city!
Kirssten Dunst is superb and Ryan Gosling tries his best. CT is a good back drop. Script could have been tighter.
If you do rent this, dodn't miss the extras in the DVD. That tells the story more than the movie!!All BAD things - Gosling, why? - Scopitone
I should've known when Ryan Gosling distanced himself from this movie - he said the best part about it is Kirsten Dunst's acting. It starts off so well, especially with the 70s aesthetic but then it just devolves into this terrible, meandering story line that I couldn't even finish. I have a feeling a lot of people will rent this for Ryan Gosling (which is my reason, duh) but unfortunately this is a movie that doesn't know what to do with itself.Extreme manipulation in telling what could have been a great story - napierslogs
The opening statement that this is "based on events that occurred" suggests how far it is from the true story. And that is its unfortunate downfall because "All Good Things" is a good movie. It's a good story with interesting characters portrayed by phenomenal actors with appealing atmosphere and engaging transitions to advance it along.
Ryan Gosling is going to have to start being careful. If he keeps playing husbands who treat their wives horribly, nobody will marry him. Here, he plays David Marks, quietly-disturbed, rich, trust-fund kid and he just wants to be with a beautiful girl (Kirsten Dunst) and return to the basics of the country life style. Allowing other people to convince him that Katie's not happy, he returns to the questionable family business in New York City where it is made certain that nobody is, or will be, happy.
What I liked most about "All Good Things" (apart from the actors) was that it started as a romantic drama and slowly progressed into an all-out thriller and flipping the villain and victim around so it looks like innocence and guilt could never be placed. But then the filmmakers finally gave us some facts of the real story, and I realized how far off this was. The filmmakers were extremely heavy-handed in who they thought were the guilty parties, and that just seemed so wrong to me.
Being a thriller about an unsolved disappearance/murder case, you can expect it to be violent. And it was kind of violent, but they could have told the exact same story and made it more interesting without any violence. But the little bit of violence really isn't the problem. The problem is their unprofessional way of implying what really happened. And that really is a problem because otherwise, "All Good Things" would have been a great movie. Unfortunately, I can't recommend it because I don't believe in such a distortion of the truth.
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Bit too late - Mano
I was not aware of this infamous murder and subsequent developments. Reminded me of OJ's case.
That seems to be the problem with this movie. So far removed from the original incident.
Having said that it did send a chill down my spine. How the rich ...All BAD things - Gosling, why? - Scopitone
I should've known when Ryan Gosling distanced himself from this movie - he said the best part about it is Kirsten Dunst's acting. It starts off so well, especially with the 70s aesthetic but then it just devolves into this terrible, meandering story line that ...Extreme manipulation in telling what could have been a great story - napierslogs
The opening statement that this is "based on events that occurred" suggests how far it is from the true story. And that is its unfortunate downfall because "All Good Things" is a good movie. It's a good story with interesting characters portrayed by phenomenal ...