For a movie with such a large ensemble cast of good and great actors, this movie fell flat. I'm not even sure why it's called Amsterdam except for that's where the three friends, (the main characters) make their arrangement to be lifelong friends.

The early thirties setting is nice but the cinematography at times was questionable. Christian Bale as always delivers a very good performance but the pace of the movie seems to drag and not even Bale could keep me interested.

It took to long to get to the climax and more than once if I wasn't thinking "When is this going to pick up" I was thinking, "When is this going to end."

Act one started well enough and act three was satisfying enough...barely. So save yourself the time and just skip act two altogether.