All Good Things

This is a great film about murder. It reminded me of the masterpiece Zodiac about its ability to delve into a million possibilities and never settle on a single one. It proves that it is not the outcome of who did it, but the way we get there and why we would point to different people that is so intriguing. The film tells of young hippie David Marks, who has refused his fathers attempts to get him into the family business, married a middle-class beauty named Katie and opened an organic foods mart named "All Good Things". However, as Katie and David progress in their relationship, and the couple need money, David caves to his father and then everything starts to change. Kirsten Dunst plays Katie superbly as a confused but in love young woman who begins to notice oddities and mystique within the persona of her husband David. The great Ryan Gosling plays David with nuanced force, and Frank Langella adds to the ominous nature of the film as David's father. The entire film is centered around David, and sometimes Katie (and her reactions to the central force). David is strange and violent, but also the kind of person to open a hippie food mart. As we learn things about his character and begin to like him, evils seeps in and shatters everything. Although the film is a work of fiction, it feels textile and probable despite some strange turns. All Good Things is a great film, working with faux emotion to pull and audience into its mysteries.
All Good Things: ★★★★