By Ryan Parsons | Image proprety of The Weinstein Co.
The Matador
Ever since I saw the first trailer and couple of
clips for the upcoming Weinstein film The
Matador starring Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear I have
been hooked. Taking a slightly different angle to the Whole Nine Yards
approach, The Matador looks like one fun ride.
However, what does the first reports seem to think?
The Matador Report
The good people over at AICN
have recently received the entire first report on The Matador that
features a couple points on the positives and flaws to the film.
Brosnan's Julian Noble is a piece of scuzzy Brit-trash, scoping out underage pussy between kills in Mexico City. Kinnear's Danny Wright is the kind of fidgety WASP that Kinnear can play in his sleep—a man whose future, at work and at home, depends on a single business deal in Mexico City. The two men meet by chance in a hotel bar over margaritas. Julian is celebrating his birthday alone and clings to white bread Danny in a desperate attempt to find at least one friend he can spend his birthday with.
This is ultimately the kind of movie that, if you caught it on cable one afternoon, you probably wouldn't change the channel. The film starts strong; every frame is bursting with color and seeing Brosnan play against type is a blast. By the time it reaches the one-hour mark, the central conflict still hasn't really been established, and the audience begins to lose a little patience with the film. The supporting cast (Hope Davis as Kinnear's wife, Phillip Baker Hall and Dylan Baker as Brosnan's employers) are wasted in tiny, shallow roles. Kinnear plays a variation of the wide-eyed upper-middle class shlub we've seen him play before, but it's Brosnan's memorable role as Julian Noble that steals the show. He'll fuck anything that moves and the man is given some fantastic, filthy lines to say. I liked the film, but it teeters on precious—too enamored of its own cutesy concept to let the story move like it should.
OK, so the film is good but a little too cute?
To get your own gist from the review on The Matador, head over
to AICN.
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