who would you cast in a film about an aging man who pathetically still tries to nail everything in a skirt no matter the relation to himself or loved ones? c'mon, can't be too difficult.
michael douglas playing this role was a little ( lotta ) too on point."solitary man" is a natural progression after his infamous sex trilogy- "fatal attraction", "disclosure", and "basic instinct". it's the epilogue as it were. there is even one scene in which he bangs a girl up against a wall ala he and jeanne tripplehorn in "basic instinct", although there is no sex in an elevator or on office equipment.
what those 3 earlier films had going for them is young hot people in believable hook ups. what this films has is a high squirm factor- in capital letters SQUIRM- and i hate captial letters!! my brain was screaming SQUIRM and at one point i actually said "no!" out loud in the theater- me who shushes noisy chewers!!
danny devito plays a college buddy who's still willing to take him in when he's out on the streets and my favorite performance was mary louse-parker as the rich society maven who exacts her pound of flesh when she's crossed. writer and co director brian koppelman neatly gives this characterless character an event to excuse his behavior so that sappy exwife susan sarandon takes him back- but life just aint that sweet and ass holes this big just don't land so softly after crapping on so many people for so many years.
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