NOT WITHOUT MY DAUGHTER
Article by Adam Mast
Is this a trailer or cliffnotes to the entire movie? Seriously. This ranks up there with CAST AWAY as one of the most frustratingly revealing trailers of all time.
I’m all for a great trailer but a good one should just give you a taste. A great one should stir up the enthusiasm in your movie loving soul. What a trailer shouldn’t do is take you through an entire story beat for beat.
Listen, it’s wholly possible that the new boxing drama SOUTHPAW could have more to offer than the trailer blatantly spoils but I highly doubt it.
Gyllenhaal looks extraordinary in this picture but the overall tone of SOUTHPAW feels somewhat conventional. Not that that’s necessarily a bad thing. Again, I’m a sucker for a solid underdog sports movie. I guess I’m just miffed at this clip because it feels like it’s giving everything away.
Which begs the question, why the hell would we post this trailer if it essentially sums up what looks to be the entire movie in two minutes? Good point. And I don’t have a legitimate answer for you.
Consider this a spoiler warning though. This trailer shows too much.
1 Comment.
Looks good but it seems like they may have given away too much in the trailer.