Amsterdam is a 2022 period mystery comedy thriller film directed, written, and produced by David O. Russell. It stars an ensemble cast, led by Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, and John David Washington, featuring Chris Rock, Anya Taylor-Joy, Zoe Saldaña, Mike Myers, Michael Shannon, Timothy Olyphant, Andrea Riseborough, Taylor Swift, Matthias Schoenaerts, Alessandro Nivola, Rami Malek, and Robert De Niro. The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on October 7, 2022, by 20th Century Studios.

Amsterdam
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Directed by	David O. Russell
Written by	David O. Russell
Produced by	Arnon Milchan Matthew Budman Anthony Katagas David O. Russell Christian Bale
Starring	Christian Bale Margot Robbie John David Washington Chris Rock Anya Taylor-Joy Zoe Saldaña Mike Myers Michael Shannon Timothy Olyphant Andrea Riseborough Taylor Swift Matthias Schoenaerts Alessandro Nivola Rami Malek Robert De Niro
Cinematography	Emmanuel Lubezki
Edited by	Jay Cassidy
Music by	Daniel Pemberton
Production companies	Regency Enterprises New Regency DreamCrew Keep Your Head Corazon Hayagriva
Distributed by	20th Century Studios
Release dates	September 18, 2022 (2022-09-18) (Alice Tully Hall) October 7, 2022 (2022-10-07) (United States)
Running time	134 minutes
Countries	United States Canada
Language	English
Budget	$80 million[1][2]

Based on the Business Plot, a 1933 political conspiracy in the US, Amsterdam follows three friends—a doctor, a nurse and a lawyer—who are caught in the murder of a US senator in the 1930s.[3] Filmed in Los Angeles from January to March 2021, Amsterdam marks Russell's first film since Joy (2015). It received mixed reviews from contemporary critics, most of whom praised the production design and acting performances, but criticized the direction and screenplay.

Premise

A trio of friends—a doctor, a nurse, and a lawyer—become the prime suspects in the murder of US Senator Bill Meekins in the 1930s.[4]

Cast

• Christian Bale as Burt Berendsen, a doctor with a prosthetic eye[5]
• Margot Robbie as Valerie Voze, a nurse[6]
• John David Washington as Harold Woodsman, a lawyer[7]
• Chris Rock as Milton King[8]
• Anya Taylor-Joy as Libby Voze, Valerie's sister[8]
• Zoe Saldaña as Irma St. Clair[9]
• Mike Myers as Paul Canterbury[8]
• Michael Shannon as Henry Norcross[8]
• Timothy Olyphant as Tarim Milfax, a murderer[8]
• Andrea Riseborough as Beatrice Vandenheuvel[8]
• Taylor Swift as Elizabeth Meekins, the Senator's daughter[10]
• Matthias Schoenaerts as Det. Lem Getwiller[8]
• Alessandro Nivola as Det. Hiltz[8]
• Rami Malek as Tom Voze, Valerie's brother[9]
• Robert De Niro as General Gil Dillenbeck[8]
• Ed Begley Jr. as Senator Bill Meekins
• Leland Orser as Mr. Nevins
• Tom Irwin as Mr. Belport
• Beth Grant as Mrs. Dillenbeck
• Colleen Camp as Eva Ott

Production

In January 2020, New Regency announced the development on an untitled film written and directed by David O. Russell and starring Christian Bale, with filming expected to begin that April.[5] In February, Margot Robbie and Michael B. Jordan were announced to star,[6][11] but the latter dropped out before production began due to scheduling conflicts. Jennifer Lawrence was reportedly considered for Robbie's role, while Jamie Foxx was considered for Jordan's. In October, John David Washington was cast as Jordan's replacement.[7] The rest of the ensemble cast was revealed between January and June 2021.[8][10]

Filming was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] Principal photography took place between January and March 2021 in Los Angeles, California.[8][12] Crew members included cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki,[13] editor Jay Cassidy, and score composer Hildur Guðnadóttir.[14] In April 2022, at CinemaCon, the film's title was revealed to be Amsterdam.[4] In August, it was revealed Guðnadóttir exited as composer, with Daniel Pemberton now composing the film.[15] According to Robbie, on the last day of filming, they kept production going after their filming permit ended, so the police had to call "wrap" on the film.[16]

Marketing

A first look of the film was shown at the 2022 CinemaCon on April 27, 2022.[4][17] The trailer was released on July 6, 2022, set to Ten Years After's 1971 song "I'd Love to Change the World".[18] An edited version of the trailer was shown in theaters, revealing the film's release date as October 7. Character posters were released on September 12, 2022.[19]

Release

Amsterdam had its world premiere at Alice Tully Hall in New York City on September 18, 2022, and is scheduled to be released in the United States on October 7, 2022, by 20th Century Studios.[20] It was originally scheduled for November 4, 2022,[21] but was brought up to its October 7 date to avoid the release of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, another film released under The Walt Disney Studios.[1] It will also be screened in IMAX, with a special screening preceded by a Live Q&A being broadcast in IMAX theaters nationwide on September 27, 2022.[22]

Reception

Early reviews of Amsterdam were mixed.[23] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 29% of 52 critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 5/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "Amsterdam has a bunch of big stars and a very busy plot, all of which amounts to painfully less than the sum of its dazzling parts."[24] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 49 out of 100 based on 20 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews."[25]

Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, and John David Washington (left to right) received praise from a majority of critics for their chemistry as the protagonist trio.

In positive reviews, Pete Hammond of Deadline Hollywood, called Amsterdam one of Russell's best works, and lauded the "complex" screenplay, "uniquely conceived" characters, cinematography, costume, production, and score.[26] Giving the film four out of five stars, James Mottram of South China Morning Post described Amsterdam as "a Hal Ashby-style caper full of fireworks with contemporary political overtones" and praised its characters.[27] Scott Mendelson of Forbes described Amsterdam as an "all-star delight" and "acting treat" with "strong production values" and a "terrific ensemble cast delivering some top-shelf work."[28] Uproxx 's Vince Mancini wrote, "Amsterdam goes from wacky farce to preachy allegory before finally coming to rest as a sneakily profound riff on finding personal edification".[29] Chris Knight, writing for National Post, admired the film's "rattling" pace, "lovely" screenplay, and supporting cast.[23] Brian Truitt of USA Today and Ryan Swen of Slate gave the film three out of four stars. Calling it a thoroughly entertaining, "whimsical whodunit" and "quirky, big-hearted trip", Truitt's praise was focused on the cast, especially the "crowd-pleasing" chemistry between Bale, Robbie and Washington.[30] Swen complimented the film's sentiment and "detail-rich" narrative.[31]

Several critics found Amsterdam overambitious and tonally inconsistent. Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian rated the film three out of five stars and complimented its humor, but felt the story was "exhaustingly wacky".[32] /Film's Jeff Ewing said Amsterdam "has a number of charming scenes, a stunningly top-tier cast, and flawless cinematography", but cited "wildly fluctuating tones" and "plot contrivances" as its shortcomings.[33] Rating it B–, The A. V. Club's Jordan Hoffman found the supporting cast "energetic, entertaining, and enjoyable", but dubbed the film "an overly ambitious political potboiler".[34] David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter said Amsterdam is "a lot of movies inelegantly squidged into one—a zany screwball comedy, a crime thriller, an earnest salute to pacts of love and friendship, an antifascist history lesson with fictional flourishes." He commended the lead performances, cinematography, production, and costume design, but felt its material suits a limited series more than a film.[35] Paste's Aurora Amidon commended the "vibrant" cinematography", "whip-tight" editing and the cast's "incredible" performances, but found the story "bewildering".[36] Reviewing for Screen International, Tom Grierson called the film an "overstuffed murder mystery" with a "convoluted" story and "dramatically thin" protagonists, but cheered some aspects such as the plot's "unpredictability" and the "indulgent cheekiness" of the film.[37] Variety critic Peter Debruge dubbed Amsterdam a "beautifully shot" yet "overstuffed social satire" with intelligent ideas that are poorly executed.[38] Ian Freer of Empire said the film "fails to amount to more than the sum of its occasionally impressive parts", finding it "intermittently enjoyable".[39]

Some reviews were very critical of the film. Leah Greenblatt, writing for Entertainment Weekly, rated Amsterdam a C+ and described it as an "odd shaggy-dog mystery" with a "strained, hectic, and often inscrutable" story, but called the production and costume design "impeccable".[40] Rating it two stars out of five, Robbie Collin of The Daily Telegraph found the dialogues unimpressive and wrote Russell's script "makes heavy weather" of the story.[3] Describing the plot as a "wanton disarray", IndieWire's David Ehrlich rated the film a C−, as it is "amusing at best, noxious at worst", with "negligible" entertainment value.[41] Barry Hertz of The Globe and Mail wrote "Amsterdam so badly wants to be a light romp with heavy-duty meaning that it cannot help but be flattened by a sagging self-exhaustion."[42] Giving it an F rating, Chase Hutchinson of Collider criticized the film's "egregious" editing, "banal" dialogues, "muddled" tone, and overall "lack of vision".[43]

See also

• Business Plot
• Smedley Butler

References

External links

• Official website
• Amsterdam at IMDb
• Amsterdam at Rotten Tomatoes
• Amsterdam at Metacritic
• Amsterdam at AllMovie

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