Out of the Furnace

Great Cast Can’t Find Truth in False Plotting of ‘Out of the Furnace’

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One overriding thought dominated my time with Scott Cooper’s stunningly disappointing “Out of the Furnace” – I just don’t care. When I wasn’t picking apart the gigantic plot holes in the narrative, I was marveling at the overheated characters who have been crafted from cliché instead of the real world.

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