Solitary Man (2009)
7/10
The Vidiot Reviews...
9 September 2010
Solitary Man

The reason older men gravitate towards younger women is because, unlike older women, they cannot tell the difference between 8-carat and 24-carat.

And while the smarmy dingo in this drama isn't buying precious gems for his Lolitas, he is sleeping with them.

When his doctor tells him that he doesn't have long to live, Ben (Michael Douglas) begins philandering.

Divorced from his wife (Susan Sarandon), he shacks up with Jordan (Mary Louise Parker). But when he beds her daughter (Imogen Poots), he is ostracized.

Destitute, he turns to his daughter (Jenna Fischer). But when that fails, he returns to his old college, in search of his youth.

A lamentable account of a midlife Lothario learning life lessons too late, Solitary Man features a poignant plot and a first-rate performance from Douglas.

Nevertheless, older men do fulfill the needs of younger women, i.e. paternal love and the desire to change diapers. (Green Light)
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