The thing that distresses me most about modern movies is that I seem to spend a lot of time looking at actors' faces and wishing that they hadn't had surgery or whatever injection that caused their face to be, yes, wrinkle-free, but also immovable. Throughout this movie, I kept saying to Mike, "You know, Matthew McConaughey is doing a good job here, but I'm so distracted by the inherent weirdness of his face that I'm finding it hard to stay with that."
I still liked the movie. In many ways, it felt old-fashioned to me. No grand special effects, a movie that depended on plot intricacies, a lot of great actors, many with wrinkles, Matthew. Many who blew you off the screen, because they had a relatable, human face. I'm just saying.
Standout performances for me: Laurence Mason as Earl the driver who brought humor and a sense of ease to the story, Marisa Tomei as Maggie McPherson, a role model to older actresses in the way that she's handling her career, and William C. Macy as Frank Levin. He was a friend that I would want to have.
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