This film is about a once successful car dealer who becomes increasingly solitary and helpless through his actions.
What is there to like about "Solitary Man"? It has a strong cast that is put into good use. Michael Douglas carries his unlikable character well, he is very believable and convincing.
However, everything else seems to be unlikable. The plot revolves entirely around a unsympathetic and unlikable person, which gives me no reason to like the film. Everything Ben Kalmen does sends him further down the bottom. Just when you think he cannot mess up anymore than he already has, he messes up again. This continual provocation is not fun to watch. As for the ending, I find it almost condescending to have a debriefing of the plot, and then an ambiguous ending. After sitting through 90 minutes, the viewers really deserve better treatment than that.
What is there to like about "Solitary Man"? It has a strong cast that is put into good use. Michael Douglas carries his unlikable character well, he is very believable and convincing.
However, everything else seems to be unlikable. The plot revolves entirely around a unsympathetic and unlikable person, which gives me no reason to like the film. Everything Ben Kalmen does sends him further down the bottom. Just when you think he cannot mess up anymore than he already has, he messes up again. This continual provocation is not fun to watch. As for the ending, I find it almost condescending to have a debriefing of the plot, and then an ambiguous ending. After sitting through 90 minutes, the viewers really deserve better treatment than that.