BBB
(out of 5)
Passable detective thriller in the Sam Spade vein stars Paul Newman as a disgruntled private eye investigating a teen’s disappearance and involvement in a crime. An all-star cast of Susan Sarandon, James Garner, Reese Witherspoon and Liev Schreiber is a plus, but the plotting is so deliberately slow and the story so bland that not much is worth remembering. Director Robert Benton chould have at least taken a hammier approach to the material and done a tribute to the genre but instead takes the material too seriously.
Cinehaus, Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions
USA, 1998
Directed by Robert Benton
Screenplay by Robert Benton, Richard Russo
Cinematography by Piotr Sobocinski
Produced by Arlene Donovan, Scott Rudin
Music by Elmer Bernstein
Production Design by David Gropman
Costume Design by Joseph G. Aulisi
Film Editing by Carol Littleton
