Management

Management

• Director: Stephen Belber
• Based on the novel: no
• Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Steve Zahn, Woody Harrelson, Margo Martindale, Ward Hunt, James Hiroyuki Liao
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Jennifer Anniston – Cake, He’s Just Not That into You, Rumour Has It, Derailed, Friends, Bruce Almighty, Good Girl
• Steve Zahn – Sunshine Cleaning, Riding in Cars with Boys, Hamlet, Happy Texas, You Have Mail, SubUrbia, Friends, Reality Bites
• Woody Harrelson – The Hunger Games, The Glass Castle, 2012, Battle in Seattle, No Country for Old Men, A Scanner Darkly, Prairie Home Companion, North Country, EDtv, The Thin Red Line, White Men Can’t Jump
• Margo Martindale – August Osage County, Beautiful Creatures, Paris je t’aime, Million Dollar Baby, The Human Stain, The Hours, 28 Days, Homicide Life on the Street, Practical Magic, Marvin’s Room, Dead Man Walking, Lorenzo’s Oil
• Ward Hunt – Swing Shift, Silkwood
• Why? Likeable cast
• Seen: 16 June 2019      

       After working hard all weekend I need a short, lightweight and likeable film.

       Mike (Zahn) runs a hotel with his parents (Martindale and Ward). A young businesswoman Sue (Anniston) checks in. He hits on her, she’s sceptical. So then she initiates wild sex with him in the laundry room.

       Which is just silly. Is this going to be just a dumb romantic comedy?

       This is awful. Mike is essentially a creepy stalker. Sue is seriously neurotic for falling for him. Yes, yes, they’re both neurotic with issues.

       The acting is fine. The story is not. The film doesn’t feel short though it’s only 90 minutes. It’s not lightweight, nor is it likely or likeable.      

1* of 5