I feel like I got conned into watching this movie. Thankfully it was not on my own buck. Yet I feel I lost time in a day that otherwise would have been very productive. The star-studded cast makes you think this would probably be the best movie of the year but it is not even close. The acting, the story, the directing it's too pretentious. I think Mr. Russell needs a lesson in humility, so does Mr. Bale and Ms. Lawrence. What is this movie? a con movie, a movie about struggle to survive, a movie about revenge, It's hard to decide. It's a piece of S##T for sure. I am still giving it 6/10 for Ms. Adams' and Mr. Coopers' almost over the top but still an average performance.