{"id":4257,"date":"2016-11-03T17:42:07","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T21:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4257"},"modified":"2025-08-16T10:28:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T14:28:45","slug":"solitary-man-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4257","title":{"rendered":"Solitary Man-2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

Solitary Man-2009<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director Brian Koppelman, David Levien<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Michael Douglas, Susan Sarandon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #508<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reviewed November 3, 2016<\/p>\n

Grade: B-<\/strong><\/p>\n

Solitary Man (2009) is an indie drama that has good points and bad.<\/p>\n

Michael Douglas stars as a one-time successful, but womanizing, car dealership owner who hits rough times and loses everything.<\/p>\n

Michael Douglas’s performance is very good and believable as a cad who hits a difficult stretch in his life. As an actor, Douglas still possesses his good looks and charm despite being an older leading man by this time- he plays 60 very well.<\/p>\n

The film centers around him and wisely so- despite the film containing other notable actors. His character of Ben Kalman has swagger and is narcissistic, but yet lovable at the same time and this is unmistakably due to Douglas’s talents.<\/p>\n

Annoyingly, the supporting characters played by Susan Sarandon, Danny Devito, and Jesse Eisenberg are quite one-note and not interesting, which is a shame in light of their immense talents.<\/p>\n

The story is okay, but nothing fantastic.<\/p>\n

I felt as though I had seen films like this many times before- the quirky edge and the attempted dark humor with laughs and some melodrama mixed in was forgettable.<\/p>\n

However, as a character study, the movie succeeds.<\/p>\n

Solitary Man (2009) is recommended for Michael Douglas’s performance only.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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