Directed by:
Curtiss ClaytonScreenplay:
Daniel HandlerCinematography:
Lisa RinzlerCast:
Bill Pullman, Aaron Stanford, Agnes Bruckner, Dylan Baker, Sandra Oh, Jamie Harris, R. Brandon Johnson, Marianne Hagan, Paz de la Huerta, Haviland Morris (more)Plots(1)
Rick is the sort of guy you probably once really liked: a devoted husband and a loving father, he lives in a lavish Park Avenue apartment paid for by a high powered corporate job. He has a sharp sense of humor and enjoys a cold, well-prepared martini but the world's gone wrong for Rick. His wife is dead. His teenage daughter Eve is distant as she approaches womanhood. His job gets more and more degrading with each passing day. His young boss Duke is an aggressive punk who forces Rick literally to his knees and spends his time talking dirty in Internet chat rooms, while Rick has to do the dirty work. And it seems you can't even have a martini in this town without getting a curse from an enemy or sinister proposal from an old friend. No wonder his sense of humor is getting a little nasty. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Reviews (1)
The subject matter would suffice for a single episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. On top of that, director Curtiss Clayton’s original concept of the reality in which the protagonists operate is unlikable and hard to digest. In the second half, however, these negatives fade into the background, as we have something to latch onto and we enjoy the suspense until the depressing climax, but the film’s generally saccharine impression doesn’t fade away. ()