David Duchovny is the reason this lands

I came away thinking about David Duchovny's work as Gus more than I expected. It is the kind of performance that quietly makes the movie sturdier. There is a nice lived-in quality to it, nothing too forced. The small reactions do a lot of the heavy lifting. I bought the character pretty quickly, which is not always easy in this kind of film. A couple of tiny timing choices really stuck with me. It is less about one scene and more about the overall aftertaste.