I liked it. it was a nicely old fashioned detective story. Actually it had the touch of "True Detective" and would probably have made a great Season 4. It contains many elements of the famous TV show and I think giving us more time to look at the characters, to emphasize more on several plot elements would have done good to the story because thats where it mostly lacks a little bit.
The acting is superb. Now you've got 3 Oscar winning actors in the main roles, the expectations are high but I think absolutely flufilled.
Denzel Washington is fantastic in the leading role, its a typical Washington role but again he adds something really special to it. Especially in the scenes when he is facing is past. Great work.
Rami Malek got a lot of criticism for his performance, being too wooden, lacking emotionality, etc. I think thats exactly what his character is all about and that he absolutely captured it perfectly. I go even so far and say he gave the best performance in the film. His attitiude was unconventional but so was his character. Jared Leto was absolutely psycho and creepy. He did that well but needs to be careful to to get typecast in that kind of roles. But yeah he was really great.
The biggest issue lie in editing and direction in general . While the screenplay surely hd potential (also by John Lee Hancock) I think his direction really lacked. The score by Thomas Newman was good and so was the cinematography, actually one of the best elements. I was not a fan of the ending, I appreciate the conclusion of what the film tries to tell but still was a bit lazy at the end. Otherwise, good atmospheric crime thriller.
Review of The Little Things
