| ''Man about Town'' review |
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 In his previous film, The Upside of Anger, writer-director Mike Binder had the benefit of Joan Allen's boiling cauldron of emotions as a woman betrayed by a disappearing husband. She ranted, she raved, she got drunk a lot, while Kevin Costner, as her equally sozzled neighbour, poured them both a drink and waited.
Ben Affleck faces a similar betrayal here, but his billy doesn't boil like hers and that keeps the movie in a more controlled space. It's meant to be like that, a comedy on a tight leash, but it's possibly a little too tempered. Jack Giamoro (Affleck), a successful Hollywood agent, has to keep his anger in check lest he lose everything, but that's exactly what we have come to see. Comedy is a blood sport. We don't go to see someone handling life well. We want them trounced and eviscerated, a puddle on the floor. They may fight back, but they shouldn't just keep it together.
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Posted on Friday, September 01 @ 07:10:47 MDT by wouter |
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