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Review
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Over-rated but thoughtful and sometimes intriguing drama
about a disenchanted middle-aged man-- living his life of
quiet desperation-- and his madcap desire to assert himself
as an individual, much to consternation of his real estate
agent wife. There are some heavies in the film-- the
ex-marine neighbor, for example-- and some cheap humour.
Worst of all is the cop-out at the end. Spacey has his
chance to take the teenage Lolita he's been longing for the
whole movie but draws back when he finds out she is a
virgin. It's the right thing to do, but jarring given what
we understand about the character up to then. Funniest
line: Annette Benning hectoring her daughter by reminder her
that when she was her age, she had to live in a duplex.
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