Amsterdam

It wasn't boring yet didn't make me laugh out loud. It was Sensible Chuckle: The Movie. It's also a Greatest Hits of writer/director David O. Russell: especially the political screwball comedy tone. As someone who has an interest in the Business Plot, I liked his insights on '30's corporations, racism, and fascism. Still, the film has some odd points, including too many actor-y backstories and weird flashbacks. But it's recommended and could make a good double bill with Knives Out.

I am too old to complain about watching a film I don't like. There's no reason for me to keep watching. I can turn it off at any time! I have this need to keep watching, just so when this ever comes up in conversation (it won't), I can say, "eh, I didn't like it."

Quite an interesting argument for the auteur theory in that every single person except the writer-director is absolutely crushing it and yet the movie is still crap

Totally uninteresting from start to finish. The comedy parts are not appealing, while the plot does nothing to hold the viewer's attention. A pity that its title bears the name of one of my favorite cities. Disappointing.

Just skip to the part in which Timothy Olyphant pushes Tay Tay under the fast moving car, and then put an end to it as the rest is tedious and pretentious nonsense. It's the ugly twin of 'Babylon' (both released in 2022 and both starring Margot Robbie).

Despite my reservations following "American Hustle" the cast and trailer for Amsterdam drew me in and I risked it. so ... what do you get when you have some terrific actors, being directly by a compete incompetent? Amsterdam. Bale an co. acted their hearts out and Russell came up with this? The problem is that "clever clever" directors like Ritchie and Russell have a fine line to tread, and this trod all over it to the detriment of a comprehensible plot. And why WAS it called Amserdam?

I'm approaching the end of my relationship with Hollywood so everything is lensed through my jaded tired eyes, but I would love for someone to explain to me what this movie does that wouldn't allow for Aubrey Plaza's Janet Snakehole character to meld in or out of literally any scene? There is no way a 20 min program on the History Channel wouldn't have been a better representation of this true story. Oh, but the cameos are nice. Lovely.

This movie has so many great moving parts that tragically clash with each other rather than coming together. I'd love to see this story adapted again, hopefully with more cohesion & perhaps a less controversial director.

Listen, I've got nothing against emotive films that want to be artsy. What I hate are boring films that take too long to show you anything. I also hate films that think the audience is dumb and therefore need to have everything explained to them. Sadly, this was both. That dog was the best part of the movie.

Rarely have I been this puzzled by a movie. Excellent cast, good director and visually very nice as well. But as a movie it's just terrible. The already completely uninteresting mystery drags so much that I spent most of the movie wondering why I'm watching it. As a mystery it's not interesting at all, the humor is never anywhere near funny and as a drama it's... well, not terrible but not very good either. I honestly don't understand how a movie like this got made.

(THE BUSINESS FLOP)

It's OK, but with the talent involved I expected more.

Racism and fascism are... LE BAD

I was really, really into it until they left Amsterdam. Then it really dragged on and I don't get the moral of the story at all, or perhaps I'm just tired of tying all of America's problems to the Nazis. All the actors were great and I did not know Taylor Swift was in it. Fav scene: we need more mean girl Anya Taylor-Joy.

How to turn incredible ingredients into a barely mediocre movie. Pemberton, Lubezki, Bale and Robbie try to save what they can.

This has likely the most bonkers cast of the year. A bunch of actors I really like, then one of my all-time faves (Bale, who was great). A good director. Great set design. Watching Robbie/Bale/Washington's friendship was EASILY the best part. Some comedy but not lol-worthy. But my god does this wander. I've seen critics say that it's a wild ride plot-wise but what? I wanted them to get on with it. Too long for what it is. I got some enjoyment out of it but it's a waste of a brilliant cast.

okay movie

amsterdam'dan abd'ye gelirken uçakta izlenebilecek en manalı film olsa gerek. ii. dünya savaşı komedisi olmaya çalışan, bol soslu ingiliz derin devleti propagandası içeren düz bir film. bu kadar. normalde ederi 50 falandır ama ben bu tarz filmleri bir tık seviyorum.

La La Land, but with fascists I guess? Wants to be knowingly quirky but goes way overboard on the quirk.

Food job

The large ensemble cast i n this film is mostly wasted with the sub par script. With a better script this could have been a good movie. Overall this film is disappointing.

15.05.2023 Kartal, İstanbul

Dialogue feels clubky, which I’ll admit is written in an original way,l. It feels neutered.

"Great boast little toast", or "Eleven grooms for a one-eyed horse", or in persian: آفتابه لگن هفت دست، شام و ناهار هیچی

Disliked this way more than I expected to. With such a great cast, full of actors I love, I had really been looking forward to it, but... yawn. I don't know why I didn't turn it off midway through, I just kind of kept mindlessly watching even after realizing it wasn't going to get better. It shouldn't be possible for a movie with such fun plot elements and great actors to be so, so boring.

While the film is not outright bad, it is a far cry from the heights of Russell's previous work. "Amsterdam" has all the ingredients that have made his past films so good, but something in the recipe is off this time. It's a disappointing effort from a director with a permanent place in the upper echelons of Hollywood directors, and the fact that so many talented actors signed on to this lackluster project is baffling.

Largely unfocused and convoluted. Somewhere in the middle of the movie it got its hooks in me when it decided to be a reluctant detective story, with a political backdrop. But the third act mostly fizzled. I wanted something more out of the story. It wasn't bad, I can even give it a shaky recommendation for attempting something different, with the help of one of the best casts ever assembled.

It's poorly paced (the plot takes over from the characters midway through), but at least it has some madcap energy that was missing from Russell's last few films.

Not terrible, but it's pretty amazing that something with this insane of a cast and this much talent involved about this subject matter matters to be as uninteresting as it is. Everyone from Christian Bale and Margot Robbie to Chris Rock and Taylor Swift are in this--a typically eccentric and deep Russell cast--but it just is never that interesting and the pace is all over the place. It's noticeably lacking in tension even though it's the type of movie that should be full of it. Just ok.

Too many shortcuts taken in telling the story. Would have been better as 4 x 90-minute part mini-series on HBO.

Interesting story, but the plot and direction is all over the place. We see the intent for style, but the result is a mess.

Pretty good light movie about friendship. Plot kinda disappoints and is predictable, but I still enjoyed my time with it.

Casting is great, story-telling is amazing, story itself is beautiful. Yet as a whole, it feels so dull.

There was a promising cast though the story did not achieve anything. Especially the ending was a big letdown.

While this does smack of genuine effort and Bale is consistently captivating, it also feels amateurishly rushed. Scenes are awkwardly edited as if drastically recut. Plot developments are either revealed by exposition or drawn out in four or five separate scenes. This makes each scene’s pacing slightly out of step and no jokes can land. And even the actors seem to be struggling to dig into this material. It’s clear O. Russell shouldn’t be the lone screenwriter.

I quite enjoyed this movie. It was slow in spots, weird and odd to say the least. But there is a thread of a wonderful story you follow to the end. The humor is light heated and often subtle. I rarely want to was a movie a 2nd time, but this one I do.

For ten breezy short-lived minutes, I thought that maybe Amsterdam had gotten a needlessly bad rep. Unfortunately, the remaining two hours of this movie is lackadaisical to the extreme. Lousy script, painfully sluggish pacing, and uneven performances from a cast that feels out at sea more often than not. This really has no business being as dull as it is.

I love a sprawling movie that’s not afraid to just throw a bunch of plot and different characters at the audience. Yeah, it starts out kinda rough the way it hurls you head first into everything, but eventually it settles down, and it all sort of clicks into place. I really don’t understand why this received so much hate. Yes, it's far from perfect, but it's still easily Russell’s best since I Heat Huckabees. Now I need to see another movie pairing Myers and Shannon together.

Despite an incredible cast and a momentous (wasted) effort by Christian Bale, this film is as bland as its colour palette - its creativity summed up in the culmination of one character’s search for “love”: not found in the life-altering, decades-spanning friendships that center the film - oh no, give that up, friendship is insufficient - but in a misused nothing character created solely for the purpose.

Amsterdam is an odd film that manages to be nonsensical and politically relevant at the same time. I'm not a generally a fan of the1930's US setting, so the anachronistic portrayal of the period helped. The characters are thinly written, as virtuous or maniacal, serving only to flesh out Russell's unsubtle, contemporary-pointed interpretation of the Business Plot. It's a briskly paced film, with solid performances from Bale & Robbie, and good appearances from Myers, Shannon & Rock.

bu kadar star oynayan filmler genelde çorba oluyorlar. maalesef filmimizin kaderi de diğerlerinden farklı olmamış. uzun süresi ile yer yer sıksa da sonlara doğru dış kulvardan atağa geçiyor.

Why would they hire all these top cast and crew just to make a bad and shallow movie? To be seen. But why?

Started off strong, but went downhill pretty fast. Nonetheless, I thoroughly enjoyed Christian Bale's character. Margot Robbie plays the same role everywhere, which further ruined the movie's ambiance.

Having recently watched and loved Russell's debut Spanking the Monkey and its tricky, but accomplished tonal dynamics, I was a tad disappointed by his new film and its conversely horrendous tonal confusion. Not quite a hilarious farce (there's no real wit or humour, and the only laugh comes from that Taylor Swift moment), nor a serious historical insight (the time period feels completely anachronistic). A lot of great actors show up to act smug about this piece of shit they're in.

Immediately after finishing Amsterdam I admitted to my wife it was somewhat fun and pleasant. However, after letting it sit for a few weeks on my brain I find it to be a large step down from both Silver Linings Playbook and the more similar American Hustle. Amsterdam's soul and potentially timely and important message is lost among a twisted plot and characters that wander throughout the world of the film aimlessly for almost its entire runtime. I wish that such great talent wasn't this wasted.

Arkadaş filmi. 1.Dünya savaşında tanışan 1 doktor, 1 avukat ve 1 doktor kızımız, Amsterdam'da kanka olurlar. Bu arada ünlü 1 general zehirlenip öldürülmüştür. Bazılarını tanımakta zorlandığım oyuncu kadrosu, harika sinematografi ve kitap okur gibi izlediğimiz kurgusuyla güzel. Fakat, senaryo çok tanıdık gelip sonunu tahmin edilir olması sıkıcı geldi. Yine de kafa dağıtmalık. Filmin sonunda, Rami Malek kötü adam. Beşli çeteye pardon beşli komiteyle komisyon olmayacak. İhale olmayacak.

Anya Taylor Joy was trying to make Margot Robbie looked stupid the entire time but damnnnn, I will still marry her any day.

audiovisual 74 acting 65 overall feeling 65 avg 68

From my faint memory of Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle, I didn't have high expectations for Amsterdam's script: I was looking to see a busy plot whose pieces would conveniently fall into place, to the satisfaction of the protagonists and the audience. And that's what I got. What I didn't expect, however, was the direction to be so poor. Amsterdam has such a stacked cast, and yet there were scenes which were no better than a mediocre SNL sketch in terms of pacing or chemistry.

Sharp dialogue, serious themes, great cast and an unforgettable movie.

Can I call this a pity 70? Possibly. I so wanted this to be better than what it was, but that makes it sound like I disliked it, which I didn't. I adore the cast, I enjoy David O. Russell and his movies, and this is well conceived and well made. I guess I just didn't like how it told its story. It's fun, but not as fun as it feels like it could/should be. It's interesting, but again, not as much as it could/should be. It's "American Hustle" without the je-ne-sais-quoi that made that movie work.

Never laugh out loud funny, while the ending is more nice than profound or moving. It lags a bit in the middle--probably should have been shorter--but the film starts strong and the last act picks up the pace.

please stop casting Denzel Jr. in movies who acts like he is in a calvin fking kline commercial regardless of his role.