Honestly, beforehand, I had never heard of this movie before but since the cast was pretty nice, I thought I should give it a try. There were many things I enjoyed concerning this little unknown movie. First of all, I thought Michael Keaton was really good in this movie and it was nice to see him in such a good shape as it doesn't happen very often those days. The other big star, Robert Downey Jr.... read more
Description:Legendary scribe Don DeLillo wrote this fascinating film about a New York playwright, Nicky Rogan (Michael Keaton), who's immersed in failure. Unable to ride the coattails of success no matter how hard he tries, Nicky distracts himself from his endless career woes by obsessing about those of others -- namely, the perpetual underdogs oLegendary scribe Don DeLillo wrote this fascinating film about a New York playwright, Nicky Rogan (Michael Keaton), who's immersed in failure. Unable to ride the coattails of success no matter how hard he tries, Nicky distracts himself from his endless career woes by obsessing about those of others -- namely, the perpetual underdogs of baseball, the Boston Red Sox. But Nicky can't sit out the game of life forever.... (more)(less)
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as Steven Schwimmer
Quotes and conversations about him before he even shows up:
"This man's taken over my mind. He's in my head and I can't get rid of him. I can't write one word without imagining what his response is going to be."
"Steven Schwimmer, the exterminating angel ready to strike."
Elliott: This from a critic who lives like a fallen monk who's very address is a carefully guarded secret.
Waiter: A critic who has to disguise himself.
Nicky: What do you mean?
Waiter: To go to "
"Watched: 19.7.
This film finally affirmed my opinion on Michael Keaton. I think he just can't act. In Batman I kinda criticized his minimalist and boring performance, but I was forgiven because maybe the character was supposed to be like that. But in this, once when he's not being minimalist, I realize that this man is all lost when it comes to acting. Particularly it annoys me that he rapes powerful and emotional film monologue.
This movie had too many things which focused me too much, so you"
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“Honestly, beforehand, I had never heard of this movie before but since the cast was pretty nice, I thought I should give it a try. There were many things I enjoyed concerning this little unknown movie. First of all, I thought Michael Keaton was really good in this movie and it was nice to see him in such a good shape as it doesn't happen very often those days. The other big star, Robert Downey Jr., had a very small part and played one of those weird excentric characters. I never really cared about such characters because I always find the writer gave them such a weird attitude just because those characters haven't anything interesting to say are just plain uninteresting. but, like I said before, it is just a small part. My main issue was actually with the story wwhich as not riveting enoug” read more
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