Douglas is good, as are Brolin, Mulligan & LaBoeuf (in that order), but Stone's Ghai fetish & telegraphing each & every twist in the tale, shows he has lost his touch (the ending, which veers towards the melodrama evident in both W & WTC, peremeates this, & Stone struggles trying to find emotional resonance, unsuccessfully, of course, except for those in the audience who think 'Dabanng' was good). Still rate it 5 for what could have been, & sad that Langella & Wallach were utterly wasted (as were Mulligan, &....Douglas, fresh of great ones like 'Solitary man' & the relatively older 'King of California' - still, this one is a notch higher than his cameo turns in 'You me n Dupree', 'Ghosts of girlfriends past' & the like), although Brolin elevates his under-written role & chomps each & every scene he is in (savored the lines in his scene with LaBoeuf talking about Goya's art), this is one hell of a downer, flat, one-note & boring.
Pros: Performances, Cinematography, Soundtrack (in places)
Cons: Direction, Script, Screenplay