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Ben Shenkman, Campbell Scott, Chris Stack, Colin Fickes, Elizabeth Berkley
After breaking up with his lover and boss, a smooth-talking man takes his teenaged nephew out on the town in search of sex.
Id: 10895960
I didn't enjoy this film as much as I thought I would, I think the trailer is a little misleading. Still, a good story, an outstanding performance by Cambell Scott and, on a more anally technical note, really good editing.
The innocent nephew was kind of endearing but the uncle was a sleezeball.
In Manhattan, the arrogant, cynical and witty Roger Swanson (Campbell Scott) is a publicist of an advertisement agency owned by Joyce (Isabella Rossellini), who is also his lover. Joyce breaks their relationship due to the lack of maturity and manipulative behavior of Roger. Mean...( read more)
great opening dialogue...kind of just puts about after that...but it is endearing in a way
Jesse Eisenberg always annoyed me a bit (although that happens quite often) with his Michael Cera-like pretensious and deliberately geeky look, but I actually enjoyed this film. Campbell Scott is a great, great actor.
This is a sundancey little drama whose main strengths are its dialogue and its acting. The former is quite good and has a Mamet quality to it and the later is also pretty solid with Campbell Scott pouting over-thought advice like a self help pro and a young Jesse Eisenberg doing...( read more)
An interesting look at life, & much better than the average US independent movie.
wow umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch.....its got a good cast of actors/actressess throguhout this movie....i think that ben shenkman, campbell scott, chris stack, colin fickes, elizabeth berkley, gabriel millman, isabella rossellin...( read more)
Effective Indy film about a womanizing man (named Roger Dodger) who tries to show his shy nephew how to score with women. His attitude about male/female relations seems to just be an extension of his amoral business world persona.
