"The Skeleton Twins" Movie Review

My review of "The Skeleton Twins" starring  Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Luke Wilson.

"The Skeleton Twins"

Posted on Sept. 26, 2014  on CWAtlanta.cbslocal.com

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“The Skeleton Twins”  (2014)

When we first meet Maggie (Kristen Wiig) she is doing some soul searching in front of the bathroom mirror. She is debating whether or not to take a bunch of pills and commit suicide. About to do the deed, she is interrupted by a phone call. Her twin brother has attempted suicide and is recovering in a hospital. Maggie hasn’t seen or talked to her brother Milo (Bill Hader) in ten years. She convinces Milo to come back to their hometown to stay with her and her husband Lance (Luke Wilson).

Milo and Maggie try and reconnect, but we can see that something big has happened in their past that is getting in the way. Maggie seems to be the more stable of the two. She has a decent job as a dental hygienist, is in a married to a good guy in Lance and has several hobbies to keep her busy. Milo, on the other hand, can’t keep a job or a boyfriend and has never achieved any success as an actor. Soon we see that there were reasons Maggie was about to attempt suicide. She is constantly getting annoyed by her husband. She is also very quick to start up an affair with her scuba teacher; a handsome Australian named Billy (Boyd Holbrook). Milo isn’t doing well either. He is just off a broken relationship and seems unmotivated to do anything other than try and start up a relationship with an older man from his past, Rich (Ty Burrell). Rich doesn’t want anything to do with Milo, but that doesn’t stop Milo from trying. As Maggie says “Few people are stars. The rest of us are just walking around wondering how our lives got so bad.” The big question is will Milo, and Maggie continue to make dreadful decisions that threaten not only their relationship, but their lives as well?

“The Skeleton Twins” is a sweet, smart drama that contains quite a bit of humor. This is accomplished from the wonderful chemistry between the two lead characters, played by the brilliantly droll Hader and the scintillating Wiig. They play off each other with such an ease that it makes this film such a joy to watch. Both actors are given dense, multi-layered characters by co-writer / director Craig Johnson. While Milo can be a self-centered pain in the butt, Hader gives him a vulnerability that makes us like and root for him. Wiig gives her character an incredible amount of depth, letting us see through her actions and facial expressions just what her character is going through.

The supporting cast is as good as the two principle actors. Luke Wilson gives an incredibly restrained performance as the lovable, slightly dense husband. It would have been really easy to make his character go over the top, but instead Wilson plays him with a quiet enthusiasm. Joanna Gleason plays the twin’s mother in a brief role, who comes off incredibly narcissistic, giving us a clue as to why they are so damaged. Ty Burrell perfectly plays the love interest of Milo, giving us insight into Milo’s past.

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The film is well-paced, giving us time to explore Milo and Maggie’s characters, slowly revealing their very repressed layers. Johnson gets the most out of his actors, letting them give us rich, full performances. The film is beautifully summed up when, in an attempt to get his sister to reconnect with him; Milo starts lip-syncing to Starship’s “Nothing Gonna Stop Us.” It’s a scene that could have been hokey and cringe worthy. Instead, it’s a moving display of their love for each other that sums up this movie in one perfect, funny moment.   My Rating:  I Would Pay to See This Film Again

My movie rating system from Best to Worst:  1). I Would Pay to See it Again  2). Full Price  3). Bargain Matinee  4). Cable  5). You Would Have to Pay Me to See it Again

“The Skeleton Twins” is currently playing in Atlanta area theatres.

“The Skeleton Twins” Website

"Believe Me" Movie Review

My review of "Believe Me" starring Alex Russell, Zachary Knighton, Johanna Braddy.

"Believe Me"

Posted on Sept. 26, 2014  on CWAtlanta.cbslocal.com

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“Believe Me” (2014)

Sam (Alex Russell) seems to have the world by its tail. He is a graduating senior in college, about to go to law school. He is president of his fraternity and has three great friends in Pierce (Miles Fisher), Baker (Max Adler) and Tyler (Sinqua Walls). He soon discovers that his world isn’t as sure as he thought. It turns out that before he can start on his law studies, he must pay the college almost ten thousand dollars. It’s ten thousand dollars he doesn’t have.

To take his mind off of his troubles, Pierce invites him on a double date to a church event. There he discovers that a classmate has raised over $16,000 in just a few days for a church trip. Inspired by how quickly it was raised and how weak the accountability is, he decides that he and his “boys” should create a fake charity for which to raise funds. Their campus fundraiser is so successful, it gets the attention of a Christian events promoter (Christopher McDonald). He tells the boys, that they are just what he needs to fill out his touring show as it goes across America. The guys sign up almost immediately; although it doesn’t hurt that Sam is instantly attracted to the tour manager, Callie (Johanna Braddy). Can the “God Squad” fool enough people to be successful without the boys giving up their souls or getting caught?

“Believe Me” is a faith-based film that can’t quite make up its mind on whether it’s a comedy or drama, never succeeding in either. There are a few funny moments in a film that need to be much more entertaining. There is a humorous sequence where the boys are trying to teach other how to fit in with their church-going counterparts, learning the proper technique of raising their hands to the sky during powerful religious moments. However, those moments are few and far between. The biggest problem with this film is that you don’t like these guys. They are in it for themselves, making money off of naive churchgoers who are giving to the fake charity out of the kindness of their hearts. Only Tyler seems to have any conscience, as he is not willing to preach to the masses but only work behind the scenes. Sam, the main protagonist in the story is willing to tell anyone what they want to hear, even when he deals with Callie, someone who fully believes in his fake mission to build clean water wells in Africa. There isn’t much character growth in the guys, as they continue to deceive people throughout the film.

I did like the cast in the film. Alex Russell has the right amount of charisma and bravado to play the part of the bold Sam. He has a nice chemistry with Johanna Braddy as the gullible Callie. Braddy has the girl next door quality about her that makes us like her character from the start. Max Adler, playing the goofy Barker and Miles Fisher as the smooth operating Pierce, do an admirable job in very one-dimensional characters. Sinqua Wells as Tyler stands out as the voice of reason; making us wish more of the characters in this film had some of Tyler’s qualities.

Unfortunately, Nick Offerman makes a way too brief appearance in the film; as a college administrator who gives Sam the bad news about his debt to the university. 

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“Believe Me” is an earnest attempt at a faith-based buddy film that fails on most levels. It’s not funny enough to be a comedy, and it doesn’t work as a drama since the characters never move forward. Instead of some sort of major resolution to the story, it limps to a very ambiguous ending, one that leaves you extremely disappointed in both the main characters and the filmmakers themselves.  My Rating: Cable 

My movie rating system from Best to Worst:  1). I Would Pay to See it Again  2). Full Price  3). Bargain Matinee  4). Cable  5). You Would Have to Pay Me to See it Again

“Believe Me” is currently playing in Atlanta area theatres.

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"My Old Lady" Movie Review

My review of "My Old Lady" starring Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith.

"My Old Lady"

Posted on Sept. 19, 2014  on CWAtlanta.cbslocal.com

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“My Old Lady” (2014)

Mathias (Kevin Kline) is a 57-year-old New Yorker, who has barely enough money in his bank account to buy a ticket to Paris. He thinks his ship has finally come in, having inherited a large apartment near the “Left Bank” from his estranged father. He arrives at the apartment and meets Mathilde (Maggie Smith), a 94-year-old woman who has lived in the apartment since her 20’s. To his shock and horror, Mathias discovers that while he technically owns the apartment, he cannot sell it. It seems that his father bought the apartment under what the French call a viager equity, a system where you put a downpayment on the building and then pay a monthly stipend to the resident. This payment system goes on until the resident dies or willfully moves out.

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Complicating things even more is the daughter of Mathilde, Chloe (Kristin Scott Thomas) who takes an instant dislike for Mathias. Rightly so, Chloe is convinced that Mathias is hell bent on selling the apartment by any means necessary. In fact, Mathias has already lined up a buyer for the apartment, a businessman who wants to turn the whole apartment complex into a hotel. Can Mathias figure a way to get Mathilde to agree to the sale or will he have to go back to America without his windfall?

The cast of this film is outstanding with Kevin Kline leading the way as the troubled, alcoholic Mathias. Kline gives the role his all. He has to make some very long winded speeches; several are when he is drunk. It is to Kline’s credit and vast talent that he is able to portray someone who isn’t nice and very self absorbed and still make them likable. Under someone with less skill and charisma, the part of Mathias would be the villain. Instead, Kline brings to the screen; a flawed, hurt individual that just might come out of this experience as a better person. Maggie Smith, who as Mathilde, is her usual brilliant self, slowly allowing the hard shell of her character to melt away as the film reveals more and more about her past life. As Chloe, Kristin Scott Thomas plays the sparring partner of Kline’s character Mathias, trying at every turn to stop him from selling the apartment. Thomas is flawless as the equally hurt and messed up Chloe, who sees Mathias as someone who could bring her world to a screeching halt. Thomas plays off Kline with a feistiness that makes us root for Chloe from the start. We see her as someone that will stand up for herself and her mother but lets us know that there is a vulnerability to her, something that she doesn’t want anybody to see.

As great as the cast is they are let down by a script that is too rooted in it’s play-like structure and deliverance. Israel Horovitz, the writer / director of the film, which is based on his stage play of the same name. Horovitz is a writer of over 70 plays but this is his first screenplay, and it looks/sounds like it. His characters go on lengthy speeches, some of which feel very unnatural. Instead of letting the camera tell the story, he uses too many words, making the film seem slow and a little tedious. I was very aware of the 107 minute length of the film, wanting to see the expansion of the characters faster than they did. To Horovitz credit, he does let his characters explore the streets of Paris, using the Cinematography of Michel Anathieu to great effect, making you want to go explore the streets along with the characters. I was also impressed with the set decoration by Daphne Deboaisne, who filled Mathilde’s apartment with nicknacks in almost every conceivable place, just like some who has lived in one place for a very long time would do.

“My Old Lady” is a film full of wonderful, smart performances by a cast that is let down by its script. It’s a movie that could have used a re-write or two, making it a film where the characters talk to each other instead of the audience.   My Rating: Bargain Matinee

My movie rating system from Best to Worst: 1). I Would Pay to See it Again 2). Full Price 3). Bargain Matinee 4). Cable 5). You Would Have to Pay Me to See it Again

“My Old Lady Website

Playing now at Landmark Midtown Art Cinema , Lefont Sandy Springs and AMC Mansell Crossing 14

"Love is Strange" Movie Review

My review of "Love is Strange" starring John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Marisa Tomei.

"Love is Strange"

Posted on Sept. 12, 2014  on CWAtlanta.cbslocal.com

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“Love is Strange” (2014)

Ben (John Lithgow) and George (Alfred Molina) have been together as a couple for 39 years. They live in a spacious apartment in New York City; Ben is retired and living on a pension, and George teaches music at a private Catholic school. They have a nice, comfortable life surrounded by friends and family. They decide to get married, something they had only dreamed about in the past. It’s a decision that will change their lives forever.

The archdiocese finds out about their getting married and decides that George is in violation of a morals clause in his contract. George is fired and without his income, they are forced to sell their apartment, with the idea that in a few weeks they will find a new place to match their lower income level. In the meantime, the couple moves to separate sleeping arrangements George moves in with a nephew who is a firefighter. Ben moves in with other relatives, Joey (Charles Taha), his wife Kate (Marisa Tomei), and their teenage son Elliot (Darren Burrows). Both men are moving into situations that are not ideal. Not only do they miss each other’s company, George is sleeping on the couch at an apartment that seems to be holding a never-ending party. Ben isn’t doing any better, having to share a room with a pissed off teenager who resents having a roommate. Ben and George’s faith and love for each other is going to be tested like never before. It will either make their relationship stronger or it will break them.

“Love is Strange” is a quiet, beautiful and moving film that explores what happens when families are tested by circumstances beyond their control. After a particularly challenging day living with Joey’s family, Ben tells George, “Sometimes when you live with people, you learn more than you care to.” The film deals with the complex problems of the elderly moving into their relative’s homes. Kate especially feels the pressure as she is left at home, trying to write a book, as George continually interrupts her. There is a scene where Tomei displays her prowess as an actress, as we see frustration build in her body language as George pushes her to the brink of exploding.

The heart of this film is the performances by John Lithgow and Alfred Molina. Their chemistry on the screen is so perfect, you believe that these two men have loved each other for thirty-nine years. Molina playing the stronger, more positive thinking of the two men, is impressive, giving us a range of emotions from deep sorrow to absolute joy.  His performance is summed up in a scene where he is teaching a young girl how to play Chopin on the piano. He shows his displeasure at her initial playing of the piece, but after telling her to find the music inside of herself, he is brought to tears by her inspired playing. Lithgow gives the more restrained, but equally brilliant performance, playing the older and more pragmatic man of the two. Lithgow has more to play with in the film, as he gets to play against Marisa Tomei’s family. His interaction with both her character and Elliot are beautiful to watch. Ben attempts to reach Elliot, a teenager trying to figure out his place in the world, is tender and moving, making them some of the best scenes in the movie.

The cinematography of Christos Voudouris and the musical score of Susan Jacobs perfectly blend together to illustrate the mood and thoughts of the film’s characters. Director / co-writer Ira Sachs and writer Mauricio Zacharias, let scenes naturally evolve, letting the actors slowly reveal the inner workings of their characters. The ease that the actors execute their lines in this film is a testament to the naturally flowing dialogue of the film. There isn’t a scene that feels unnatural or forced. It’s a film that allows its characters quiet moments that become quite moving. “Love is Strange” shows how fragile most of our comfortable worlds are. In just one swoop, we can lose a job or a promotion and have our living situation change so quickly. It’s a movie that can become bittersweet at times, but shows us the power of faith, family and love to conquer whatever obstacles life throws at us.   My Rating: Full Price 

My movie rating system from Best to Worst:  1). I Would Pay to See it Again  2). Full Price  3). Bargain Matinee  4). Cable  5). You Would Have to Pay Me to See it Again

“Love is Strange” is playing in Atlanta at Landmark Midtown Art Cinema and AMC Phipps Plaza 14

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"The Man on Her Mind" Movie Review

My review of "The Man on Her Mind" starring Shane Attwooll, Bronwen Hruska, Martin Hyde.

"The Man on Her Mind"

Posted on Sept. 12, 2014  on CWAtlanta.cbslocal.com

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“The Man on Her Mind” (2014)

Nellie (Amy McAllister) briefly met Leonard (Samuel Jones) at her friend’s party. Leonard has been trying, with the help of Nellie’s sister, Janet (Georgia MacKenzie), to meet up with Nellie, without much success. Little does Leonard know but Nellie has a boyfriend, someone who looks almost exactly like Leonard. Her boyfriend shows up with an uncanny ability to know precisely when she needs him the most. He knows all the right buttons to push and is perfectly matched for Nellie; one problem, he’s a figment of Nellie’s imagination. Nellie doesn’t hide the fact that she is having a relationship with someone who isn’t real. In fact, both her sister and her husband, Frank (Shane Attwooll) know about her imaginary boyfriend. They both try to encourage Nellie to give up the pretend boyfriend and hook up with someone real, someone like Leonard.

Leonard lives in a large house near Janet and Frank having moved into the neighborhood five months ago. Leonard works as a ghost-writer, writing books about the lives of famous people as if they wrote the books themselves. While he pursues Nellie, Leonard has a secret too. He also imagines people, usually to help him write the books, but now, Nellie is the source of the day dreams. Like Nellie, he talks to his imaginary friend. Unlike Nellie, who is happy in her relationship with the make believe boyfriend, Leonard has lengthy discussions with his imaginary friend in an attempt to figure out a strategy for getting Nellie to go on a date with him.

The film is based on a play performed in the West End of London by the same cast that appears in the film. Unfortunately, the screenplay, written by writer / co-director Alan Hruska, looks and sounds like it is still being performed on stage. It’s an interesting idea for a romantic comedy, but it never delivers on its promise. The dialogue is choppy and forced with characters quickly bantering back and forth, like a Woody Allen film without the laughs. Frankly, I zoned out a few times when Nellie and Leonard, in either conversation with their imaginary friends or their real counterparts, would get into deep philosophical conversations. The film never produces the laughs that are desperately needed, with its constant attempt to bring in loftier notions.

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McAllister and Jones work off each other with an ease that you get working a material over and over on a stage. But the familiarity works against them when they play scenes where their characters barely know each other. That familiarity makes the early scenes between the two seem unnatural and unrealistic. Both actors have a presence on the screen that probably plays out better on stage, as it seems they are always positioning themselves for an audience in a theatrical setting and not watching on a movie screen.

The direction, by Alan Hruska and Bruce Guthrie, never leaves its stage production roots. Too often the camera is a static shot of both characters from one side of the room and then from the other side of the room. Rarely does the camera move, adding to the feeling that we are just watching a stage play that happens to be caught on film.

The cast, while earnest and likable, can’t overcome the play like dialogue or the equally clunky direction. It’s a film that just doesn’t live up to its promising premise, an interesting idea that gets old very quickly. My Rating: Cable

My movie rating system from Best to Worst:  1). I Would Pay to See it Again  2). Full Price  3). Bargain Matinee  4). Cable  5). You Would Have to Pay Me to See it Again

“The Man on Her Mind” is playing exclusively at Landmark Midtown Art Cinema

"A Five Star Life" Movie Review

My Review of "A Five Star Life" starring  Margherita Buy, Stefano Accorsi, Fabrizia Sacchi.

"A Five Star Life"

Posted on Sept. 5, 2014  on CWAtlanta.cbslocal.com

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"A Five Star Life" (2013)

Irene (Margherita Buy) travels the world, evaluating hotels as a “Mystery Guest.” She takes her job very seriously, going over the hotel she is reporting on with a fine-tooth comb. She has never married and doesn’t have kids, living a solitary life. She visits with her sister, Silvia (Fabrizia Sacchi) and her family occasionally, but not enough, as her sister points out, to make an impression on her nieces. Irene’s best friend is a former boyfriend, Andrea (Stefano Accorsi), who accepts that Irene is constantly on the move.

Irene is so set in her routines that she knows just when her electronic blinds are going to be down when taking off her clothes before going to bed. Irene seems to be happy in her life and even gets a promotion at work due to that fact that as her manager says, “she has no life.” As time goes on, Irene starts to question whether she wants kids or a partner in life. Though not perfect, she envy’s her sister’s marriage and starts spending more time with her nieces, even taking them on a trip while she reports on a hotel. She then meets someone who challenges her to look within herself and determine if she is truly happy living the life she leads.

Director Maria Sole Tognazzi brings this Italian drama to life with a winning performance by Margherita Buy as the driven, straight-forward Irene. Mixing some light comedy with some not so heavy drama, the film moves from city to city with a nice, even pace. It slowly explores the life of Irene and lets us discover her personality over time. This isn’t a film with big, heavy scenes but a movie that very quietly lets us enjoy these characters and their lives. Irene narrates the film as a primer for evaluating and picking a good hotel. These narrations give us insight into Irene’s character and how she see’s the world.

Margherita Buy is a delight to watch as the driven Irene. She plays off each character, whether it’s her sister or a bell boy, with grace and ease that makes you want to keep following her character long after the film has finished. It would have been very easy to play this character as unlikable, as she can be rather stern and judging, when dealing with a hotel staff or her own sister. But we get the feeling that this is a good person, and Buy gives us a multilayered performance that slowly reveals her character to us as we journey from hotel to hotel with her. The supporting cast is up to the task of keeping up with Buy, especially Fabrizia Sacchi as Irene’s equally judgmental sister and Stefano Accorsi, who plays her best friend, the laid-back Andrea, who gives Irene a much-needed sounding board to bounce her thoughts of off.

The cinematography by Immmma Izzzzle is beautiful as we travel throughout Europe visiting incredible looking hotels in some of the most famous cities in the world. I really noticed how beautifully lit the film is, making each scene standout by setting the mood for the scenes in the film. This is a film that lets you travel along with a likable companion as they explore both the world and themselves. You may not learn a lot about yourself or the other person, but you will enjoy the trip.   My Rating: Full Price  

My movie rating system from Best to Worst:  1). I Would Pay to See it Again  2). Full Price  3). Bargain Matinee  4). Cable  5). You Would Have to Pay Me to See it Again

“A Five Star Life” is playing exclusively at Landmark Midtown Art Cinema

"The Last of Robin Hood" Movie Review

My review of "The Last of Robin Hood" starring Kevin Kline,  John Hudson Messerall, Dakota Fanning, Susan Sarandon.

"The Last of Robin Hood"

Posted on Sept. 5, 2014  on CWAtlanta.cbslocal.com

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“The Last of Robin Hood”  (2014)

Movie star Errol Flynn (Kevin Kline) sees a young woman walking across the movie lot and is instantly attracted to her. He sends an assistant over to find out about the woman and if she would be willing to meet Flynn. The young woman is Beverly Aadland (Dakota Fanning), an aspiring actress/singer/dancer who has just landed a small part in the chorus line of a musical. After a bit of flirting on both parts, Beverly agrees to go out with Flynn that night, under the pretense that she will be auditioning for a part in an upcoming play that Flynn is doing on Broadway. Later that night, after much flirting, mostly by Flynn, they very suddenly sleep together. Little does Flynn know that not only Beverly was a virgin, but she is only 15-years old.

Beverly is not driven to be the best actress or dancer, but pleasing her mother, Flo (Susan Sarandon), a former dancer who lost her leg and her career in a car accident. She has big plans for Beverly, trying to make her into the star that she never was. Flo acquired Beverly’s false birth certificate so that she could work as an adult in Hollywood. From the beginning, Flynn charms Flo, who can only see a bright, star-studded future for her daughter, now that she Flynn as a mentor. By the time that Flynn learns Beverly’s true age, he is too smitten to care.

Flynn had a reputation as a womanizer – some of his conquests were much younger than him. Early in his career he beat a statutory rape charge involving an underage woman. Kevin Kline, in the best performance of his in years, plays Flynn as a man whose contempt for Hollywood and its ability to quickly build up and quickly tear down its own creations. Kline is suited for the role of a handsome, charismatic man whose ego is constantly being stroked by his fans and the studio. Kline’s Flynn is a man who knows his days are numbered, but is driven to play out his last days as he did as a much younger man. Kline also lets us see Flynn as a man who is desperate for adoration. He is a man ready to tempt the law once again just to have someone worship at his feet.

Susan Sarandon plays Flo as the homemaker so desperate to make her daughter a star she is willing to do just about everything, including turning a blind eye to what her daughter is doing with Flynn. Sarandon convincingly plays Flo as someone who wants to be a part of the Hollywood scene no matter what the cost. It’s a difficult role because Flo is the most unsympathetic of the three main characters. Sarandon lets bits and pieces of Flo’s humanity briefly out, only to have her ambition take hold again. While not ugly in appearance, Sarandon plays Flo as an ugly person from the inside. She plays off of both Dakota Fanning and Kevin Kline with a chemistry that feels real and at times very raw.

Dakota Fanning doesn’t quite measure up to her two co-stars in the role of the untalented and slightly boring Beverly. Fanning never gives us a reason why Flynn would risk everything to be with her.  She plays the young actress with so little charisma or energy that you question if someone like Shailene Woodley or Chloë Grace Moretz would have been better suited to the role. Fanning’s performance reminded me of the role she played in the 2010 bio-pic “The Runaways.” Playing lead singer Cherie Currie, her performance made me wish that the film had been about Kristen Stewart’s character Joan Jett, instead of centering around Currie.

The cinematography by Michael Simmonds expertly captures the look and feel of the 50’s with an almost classic film look. The costumes, designed by Karyn Wagner, perfectly set the mood of the film, depicting  a period where America’s fashion sense was rather boring and stuck in the times, just waiting for the flower power sixties to erupt. The script by co-writers/directors Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland captures the sleazy feel of Hollywood and a studio system that was on it’s last legs. There is a wonderful scene late in the film where Flynn is talking to Stanley Kubrick about taking the role of Professor Humbert Humbert in “Lolita.” It’s a part that each man knows is perfect for him, but Flynn is determined to get Beverly cast has Lolita, something that both men know she doesn’t have the talent to play.  Flynn makes it an all or nothing deal and Kubrick quickly turns him down, knowing that Flynn would rather settle for love than for a part.

Despite the fine performances of Kline and Sarandon, the film is pulled down by the fact that the film centers around Beverly, the least interesting character in the film and that part is played by an actress that doesn’t have the star quality to make it her own.   My Rating:  Bargain Matinee

My movie rating system from Best to Worst:  1). I Would Pay to See it Again  2). Full Price  3). Bargain Matinee  4). Cable  5). You Would Have to Pay Me to See it Again

“The Last of Robin Hood” is currently playing at UA Tara Cinemas 4 and Lefont Sandy Springs