The finest collective group of performances in a Nolan movie yet? Maybe?
some actual spoilers might be in here
McConaughey - I don't think it's hyperbole to say this rivals DBC as his best performance on the big screen. True Detective is his best overall. Maybe I'm being a prisoner of the moment.
Foy - she's asked to do a lot and she delivers in spades. nice work kid.
Damon - I thought the character was spoiled for me beforehand (I heard something along the lines of he's an alien, or he plays multiple clones of himself lol), so I was expecting something else from him. What we got was a very nice surprise.
Chastain - I did not expect Murph to harbor that much anger and resentment, Chastain did a great job with it. Kind of haunting in video format.
Hathaway - Like Damon and Chastain, her character and subsequently her performance surprised me.
Affleck - understated work here. His two tapes slayed me. I found the the Nolans' use of his character near the end to be odd though.
Gyasi - where did this guy come from? Very endearing member of the crew.
Irwin - hard to judge his performance, but if he was pulling the TARS and CASE strings, that's impressive
Chalamet - obviously he doesn't have as much to do as Foy, but for some reason he sticks with me as much as anyone else above besides McC/Foy.
Burstyn - nice moment
Caine - his last scene was twisted
Lithgow - brought the sass
Bentley/Grace - solid and fit in, but they don't have much to do.
Oyelowo - serves as little more than proof that Nolan was not fucking around with this ensemble
1. McC
2. Foy (such extraordinary performance for a young actress truly impressed by her)
3. Chastain
4. Damon
5. My Cocaine
6. Hathaway
The rest of the cast are solid. None of them gave a bad performance imo. Probably the best ensemble in a Nolan movie.
The only slight disappointment was TARS. Based on the Jonah script I thought he was going to be the 2nd or 3rd best character in the film. He was fun and all but didn't really 'stole the show' like I hoped him to be. Like a poster have said, he was a great idea but not well executed.
truly impressed by her)
