Mood is priority in the dense, enigmatic, and absorbing screenwriting debut of author Cormac McCarthy. Though The Counselor saunters along with the skeleton of a thriller, the meat is that sensation of perfectly assembled words strung together in unfamiliar voices. It's not so much what Michael Fassbender, Javier Bradem, Cameron Diaz, Penelope Cruz, and Brad Pitt talk about — a drug deal, a vengeful cartel, and an array of backstabbings — rather, it's how they say it, where they say it, and who they say it to.
Ridley Scott directs the picture like he's operating on a child, restrained so as not to damage the intricacies of McCarthy's script. The flourishes come through bizarre design and wicked performances spouting metaphor on top of metaphor. In book form, it's the type of beast that would require, and satisfy, in the constant flipping back of pages to re-read.
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