4. Cosmopolis
David Cronenberg
Cronenberg’s first comedy is his best film, and also his worst. He is working at his peak with the sound design, score, abstract humor and prescient themes (when big money, big art, arch DeLillo dialogue and other patriarchal glories have suddenly lost their relevancy). Then Paul Giamatti hams it up in the last scene and ruins everything. Miriam Bale
Not bad picks for the best of the year. For as many films that excited me this year, though, there were even more that didn’t live up to my expectations. This article does a solid job of lying out a few that couldn’t beat their hype.
Interesting read: http://ahorizontalmyth.wordpress.com/2012/12/20/year-in-letdowns-2012s-disappointing-films/