Sunday, May 8, 2011

Win Win

Paul Giamatti w/d Thomas McCarthy

Another win for this writer/director. Both his previous films...The Station Agent and The Visitor...were small, focused indies that avoided cliches, had sympathetic, realistic characters and touched discerning audiences in a way that felt real, uncontrived.

This one does all that with perhaps a bit more obvious contrivance. Still, by the end we feel we know these people, forgive their faults like we do the real people in our lives and care about their welfare. There are ups, downs, laughs, conflicts, some sadness...pretty much the stuff of life.

Good stuff.

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