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The Crimefile Review of, A MOST VIOLENT YEAR

Los Angeles, CA —I attended a SAG screening of A Most Violent Year put on by the SAG Foundation . I never really know what to expect at these events however this was a very enjoyable and entertaining experience.   J.C. Chandor expertly wrote the script and directed the film.   It starred Oscar Isaac  as Abel Morales, an ambitious immigrant  and Jessica Chastain as his wife, Anna Morales .   All three stayed for a Q&A and were kind enough to press the flesh later.   The film is about a New York couple that is in the Home Heating Oil business.   This is a tough cutthroat industry in a city where corruption is a way of life.   Isaac seems to effortlessly play the male protagonist that seems to channel a young  Al Pacino from the Godfather films .  He dresses like a the cover of GQ Magazine and has the perfect haircut. He’s a handsome and classy man of his word caught in a mess. When you actually meet and talk to I...