I'm David Marks.
David Marks (Ryan Gosling), is one very disturbed man. After being left alone by his father, Sanford Marks (Frank Langella) as a seven-year-old child, he witnessed his mother's violent suicide. This had furthered his life forever to become off track from what is expected of him. He must possess a hardened strength of character always demanded from his overly controlling father. All of his life, things are forced on David without exception. He is the eldest and will be required to carry on the family's crooked and high-grossing real estate business from a certain point onward. He is being groomed surrounding the business from the outset. David does not argue with his father as concerning him there is no gauntlet to throw down while he follows orders in an almost robotic fashion. He is always mercilessly being put down as a weakling, a completely shameful person in front of others or set up for ridicule around his father and his company.
Director Andrew Jarecki introduces us to the fictitious character David Marks who is based on the real-life case of Robert Durst. An actually chilling case it is with the information that has been discovered since this movie's release... David is on the way to a company's high society, black-tie function. He is all dressed in a tuxedo for the party, after returning from a call for his father when he gets rerouted to go fix a leak in an apartment which their family business owns because his father is just cruel enough to have David do it in lieu of a contracted plumber. This is when he is much younger, quite a lot younger and rebelling just a bit although David cannot totally. He walks into the apartment of his future bride Katie (Kirsten Dunst). Sanford does not approve of their relationship or subsequent marriage as she is not, "One of our people". She dreams of going to medical school and becoming a doctor. Also, wishes to have children with David after they are married and open a health food store in Vermont. Of which they do and are blissfully happy then without the pressures of David's father. Sanford soon shatters their happiness and coerces them to move into a big-money apartment that they really do not want. It does not fit in their 'simple life' plan.
They are still in the first stages of their love when Katie announces her pregnancy. Unfortunately, they did not discuss this issue before marriage. Katie is shocked when David finally tells her he neither wanted her pregnant now nor wants to have children in the future to Katie's complete devastation. A full reason for this rationale is never offered. The disjointed and macabre way of thinking that David suffers really starts to become more realistic here. Consequently, Katie must handle the pregnancy concerns by herself and she is never the same after this trauma, plus having to handle it all alone only complicated the matter. In fact, nothing is ever the same and the plot of the movie begins to go off in different directions and on different paths.
I don't want to add in any spoilers to the movie so I'll try to end this part rather vaguely. It is at this point where Katie disappears. David apparently suffers some type of mental breakdown or calculated state of rage that throws his life out of control. The writers make both seem plausible through the narration that continues throughout the movie from the outset. David is talking while on the stand during his trial in 2003 from the beginning of the film right on through to its ending. After the aforementioned happenings occur, the second part of the movie plays out like the bizarre second half of a two-part stage play. This is a completely engrossing movie, extremely psychological and so well acted. When the film ended I felt like I was sort of in shock for what had happened here with Katie. Also very suspicious of this terribly damaged man. Is he suffering because of his father's cruelty and over his wife's disappearance? It is so difficult to discern where his mind and thoughts are at. As I looked at him, his look frightened me and so did his demeanor. If you enjoy frightening mysteries and surreal crime dramas, this movie may appeal to you. I remember running this through my mind after viewing this for such a long time. Andrew Jarecki had me in the palm of his hand with this movie especially because it is based on a true story that is completely unimaginable
*A perfect companion piece to this movie or by itself also is the six-part T.V. Miniseries of 2015 called, "The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst" with a runtime of four hours and thirty-nine minutes. The series covers the content occurring in the film."All Good Things". Both works are done by Andrew Jarecki... "The Jinx" is dramatized, includes interviews with Robert Durst and completely factual along with being bone-chilling. If you get the chance, don't miss it.
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