Tony Gilroy has directed two movies. He was Oscar-nominated for his first, Michael Clayton, a film I loved. As to his second, well, even though it was positively reviewed it didn't receive the same sort of praise when it was released this spring. I finally watched it this weekend, and I've got to say something seems off. I love the structure of the film, I liked Clive Owen and a lot of the side characters, Julia Roberts was fine, the writing and the score both worked, and I loved the wordless opening credits - but something didn't work for me. I can't put my finger on it. Maybe it's that it's a little predictable. Maybe it's that it's a little too long and repetitive. It's certainly not a bad movie. It's interesting and I like several aspects of it. But it didn't seem to quite work either.
Posted by armand at September 6, 2009 03:38 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Movies