In well cast but sluggish 2018 suburban small-town drama "The Land Of Steady Habits" Ben Medelsohn's been through a mid-life crisis that had him quit his high-paying but soulless city finance job, divorce Edie Falco (now dating Bill Camp), and dabble in casual sex (including with Connie Britton) & softish drugs with son Thomas Mann's kinda buddy Charlie Tahan. The melodrama ripples along, carried by the undoubted talent of the cast (which also includes Elizabeth Marvel) but quite what experienced writer / director Nicole Holofcener was aiming for in tone & ultimate meaning is unclear. It may be a slice of life and/or a document of its time, but uplifting & entertaining it ain't.
Review of The Land of Steady Habits
