Not my favorite Wilder--it's a little monotonous, both in pacing and in performance from Douglas. The screenplay feels like it keeps hammering the same beats, so I found myself wishing for a bit more editing. Douglas chews scenery left and right, but the intensity of the character undercuts the cynicism that I wanted to see. Of course it's a modern movie saying things that are all darkly prescient, but I wonder if it would have been more effective to have had an understated performance.
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Not my favorite Wilder--it's a little monotonous, both in pacing and in performance from Douglas. The screenplay feels like it keeps hammering the same beats, so I found myself wishing for a bit more editing. Douglas chews scenery left and right, but the intensity of the character undercuts the cynicism that I wanted to see. Of course it's a modern movie saying things that are all darkly prescient, but I wonder if it would have been more effective to have had an understated performance.