20s Movie Review - Amsterdam

Director: David O. Russell
Genre: Comedy/ Mystery
Runtime: 134 minutes
Year: 2022
Starring: Christian Bale, John David Washington, Margot Robbie, Rami Malek, Anya Taylor-Joy, Robert De Niro, Andrea Riseborough, Chris Rock, Alessandro Nivola, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Shannon, Mike Myers, Zoe Saldana, Taylor Swift, Timothy Olyphant

I WATCHED THIS MOVIE FOR MY 2023 MOVIE CHALLENGE
WEEK 30: A MYSTERY MOVIE
 
Description: In the 1930s, three friends (Christian Bale, John David Washington, Margot Robbie) witness a murder, are framed for it, and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.

Review: Burt Berendsen is an American doctor and a war veteran. He practices specifically for fellow veterans. Many of these patients need experimental surgery and pain relief, and the last he tests himself. He and his friend Harold Woodman, an African-American lawyer and fellow veteran, stumble upon a sinister plot surrounding the death of a former general. They will try and solve this mystery, together with their other friend, nurse Valerie.

This film is star-studded, it has the best of the best. Besides the three mains stars, Christian Bale, John David Washington and Margot Robbie, there is Rami Malek, Anya Taylor-Joy, Michael Shannon, Mike Myers, Chris Rock and Robert De Niro, among many others. It’s an entertaining back and forth between all these movie stars. The trio of Robbie, Bale and Washington is a delight to watch. They are an odd trio, a group you wouldn’t pair, but work perfectly together.

The story flies all over the place, and I’m still a bit in confused to why the movie title is “Amsterdam”, but this was a fun and highly enjoyable comedic mystery. I believe it deserves way more praise then it’s getting.

Rating: 3,5/ 5