Living Better Through Chemistry

 

Living Better Through Chemistry 2014

• Director: Moore & Possementier
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan, Jane Fonda, Ray Liotta, Norbert Leo Butz, Ben Schwartz, Ken Howard, Jenn Harris, Harrison Holtzer
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Sam Rockwell – many
• Olivia Wilde – Life Itself, Conversations with Another Woman
• Michelle Monaghan – Gone Baby Gone, North Country
• Jane Fonda – many
• Ray Liotta – many
• Norbert Leo Butz – Dan in Real Life
•  Why? The cast
• Seen:  6 January 2024

        Doug (Rockwell) is a nice pharmacist with an assertive award-winning bicyclist wife (Monaghan), a sullen trouble-making son (Holtzer) and an overbearing father-in-law (Howard). He’s a push-over and then he meets Elizabeth (Wilde), a beautiful, rich, pill-popping trophy wife. They become passionate lovers. He starts popping pills too and they come up with an idea. He is a pharmacist, after all…

       It’s funny and sad and Sam Rockwell makes it worth watching.

       3* of 5