Does not include this film.

Truth is stranger than fiction, so it's nearly impossible to cram the bizarre facts of Robert Durst's now infamous life into a feature-length drama that doesn't seem needlessly convoluted and unbelievable (even with an "inspired by real events" promise).

So now this dramatization exists as an inessential but interesting companion piece to The Jinx that doesn't totally stand up on its own.

... come to an end. And I wish this movie would have ended sooner, because this is really really bad.

It starts off OK , and I say OK in relation to how it all turns into a hell of a mess. But our love couple never gets lovable, and Ryan Gosling's character David has at least 3 totally different personalities throughout the film without me getting a real grip of why. And the only thing that's "spellbinding" about the story is how they could make it this uninteresting. It didn't bore me though, the slow pace was quite nice and the performances are solid. But it was, what can I say? ... Stupid. Yeah, that's the word I'm looking for. And ugly. It was really ugly looking.

Well, there you have it. A really stupid review. Now I can leave this film behind me and move on.

The film doesn't work for all the reasons that allowed The Jinx to happen.  Jarecki did everything in his power to make this story accurate to the real events but there was so much he didn't know at the time.  As a result, the characters feel empty, their arcs are rough and full of holes, the story jumps around quite a bit.

If the film had embraced being a fictional film, then maybe it could have allowed itself off the hook and crafted a proper movie.  Every time Jarecki reaches a point where he doesn't have an answer, he just leaves it empty.  Instead of making a film, it's a placeholder with decent performances.

would anyone else like a bite of banality??

super bland with hokey editing, but ryan gosling and kirsten dunst are real good. based on the human disaster robert durst. 

there's a whole lot of terrible back to the future Old(TM) makeup on ryan gosling. 

appreciated the blow and kristen wiig.

1st off, Ryan gosling did not take off his shirt nearly enough. But yeah I would've like more character development, the beginning was so drawn out that the ending seemed like a jumbled up mess...could have been a lot better.

Aaaaand now I want to watch The Jinx again

Odd movie. Interested in looking more into the story it was based off of. Ryan Gosling was great, and I even thought Dunst was good and I don't normally like her. All in all, not the best movie and not something I'd watch a second time, but I didn't hate it.

there's this mesmerizing shot of katie in the club after she does cocaine for the first time where it zooms in so slowly and david's dialogue is sort of faded under the music and it's very kubrick and i really love it now

Remember when this film was the catalyst for Robert's inevitable doom? Like dude went to the premiere of his own biopic, befriended the director and said YES to a docuseries about his murders where he unknowingly confessed to his crimes to millions of subscribed viewers? 

I can't wait for his trial.

Ryan was meh in this because after watching hours and hours of Robert, he's not a difficult man to impersonate. Ryan was inconsistent in his voice and mannerisms. Kate McKinnon did a better Durst impression than him and he's an Oscar nominated actor wtf?

The things I do for Lily Rabe. Sigh.

Watch The Jinx instead.