Review of Solitary Man

I'm honestly surprised that this film will not get wider distribution, nor more marketing and advertising muscle behind it. This isn't saying much in June, but it's the most substantive, well-done film I've seen so far in 2010. I'm not a big Michael Douglas fan, but he's fantastic, in a role with lots of Gordon Gekko in it. The supporting cast is all pretty outstanding, and I was wondering what the young Imogen Poots from "28 Weeks Later" would look like when she was more grown up, and let's just say that it wasn't disappointing to see how she has turned out thus far. Although I gave this a "7" rating, it's really a 7.5 in my book. Although they made a big deal about Douglas's motivation for falling apart, I thought that was far less interesting than watching how this "smooth operator" screwed up his life again and again, with little remorse, and lots of bullheaded-ness