David O Russell falters this tike big time with Amsterdam wherein the only thing he got right was the ensemble cast but weak writing & ordinary direction just ended up making this a tedious watch. Amsterdam is about three friends - a doctor, a lawyer & a nurse taking up the fight against the Committee of Five while trying to clear their name from murder accusation. The mystery is far deeper as the agenda of this group is bigger than the predicament the trio have got themselves into.

The thing is, the narrative here completely alienated me from investing into the story or even the characters. Multiple times I had to restlessly check the time to see how much runtime was left. None of the characters make any impact too & mind you these are some of the biggest names portraying them. There were barely few scenes that worked but only if I have to pick them out individually. By the the time Bale's voice over took over to narrate the importance of love, I was more glad for the movie to have ended.