An average movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but anything starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney was pretty much a must see in my book so I was definitely eager to watch this movie. First of all, as expected, they both delivered some solid performances. I especially enjoyed Hoffman. Indeed, even though his character was basically a shabby egoistical jerk, Hoffman still managed to make him complex and fascinating to watch. On the other hand, even though I was able to appreciate Laura Linney's performance, I thought her character was more pathetic and annoying than anything else and her married lover was even worse. Anyway, basically, it was one of these typical quirky indie features which tried to mix drama and comedy but even though  this mix worked most of the time, I’m afraid the whole thing never became really spellbingding to behold. I mean, the subject was quite  interesting and they did develop some nice ideas but, at the end of the day, I didn’t care much about the characters and what they were going through. To conclude, even though it turned out to be slightly disappointing the actors involved were really good so I still think it is definitely worth a look.

6/10