It's a testament to Paul Giamatti's skills as an actor that you sit through the entire film. He's able to make you feel something for the guy early on when most actors playing this part would've made us lose interest.
The script is at fault here. It's not sharp enough. This is a complex character in need of a complex script. What we're given is a superficial rendering with few highlights and even fewer insights.
It's such a shame especially the scenes involving Giamatti and Dustin Hoffman. You can almost hear these two fine actors begging for more meat to their roles.
Richard J. Lewis is equally at fault. He doesn't stir our emotions so when the the heart-felt scenes play out, they fall flat. When Rosamund Pike realizes Giamatti has cheated on her, we should feel her whole world crashing. Instead, we're given a shallow scene that doesn't move us one bit.
This is a movie that should've been an Oscar contender but its flawed execution dooms it.
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