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Solitary Man Reviews
The film begins and ends with scenes of acute existential reflection, a state actors rarely convey convincingly-least of all in a contemporary American film.
| Nov 13, 2013
Koppelmans script is awash in phony scenarios.
| Original Score: C | Oct 12, 2010
A terrific turn by Douglas, and strong support, elevates this character-driven drama above its unlikeable protagonist.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 8, 2010
It's a fascinating character study isolated within a mediocre film.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 2, 2010
Yet more proof that Michael Douglas can do anything he pleases so long as he's playing a jerk.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 2, 2010
Nobody does oily like Michael Douglas.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 1, 2010
The empty guy at the beginning of this movie is pretty much the same empty guy by its end.
| Original Score: C+ | Jun 25, 2010
The actors are all charged up, too; there's just nowhere in this script for them to go.
| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 18, 2010
You'd think Michael Douglas has played the charming cad on screen once too often, but damned if he doesn't pull it off once more in grand style.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 18, 2010
It's a smart, funny film that flirts with the edge.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 17, 2010
Solitary Man may be about a man who has found himself on his own, but it features one of the best ensemble performances of the year. Don't miss it.
| Jun 11, 2010
Though this drama by writer-director Brian Koppelman hardly measures up to Wonder Boys, it comes a lot closer than King of California.
| Jun 11, 2010
Michael Douglas is at his best when playing a character at his worst.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 10, 2010
Why do we keep watching this sad, sad man? Because he's ecstatic as long as he avoids facing reality, and Douglas makes that ecstasy a marvelous thing to behold.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 10, 2010
In its scruffy, take-me-or-leave-me way, it deserves attention.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 10, 2010
The film is all about Ben Kalman, but one of the strengths of Michael Douglas' performance is that he isn't playing a character. He's playing a character who is playing a character.
| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 10, 2010
The role is so tailor-made for Douglas, who has put in years of screen time on the horizontal, that the rest of the story has to fit in around him, leaving scant room for maneuver.
| Jun 1, 2010
A sharp, small-scale comedy of male misbehavior that turns out to be one of this dreary spring's pleasant cinematic surprises.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 21, 2010
Douglas' juiciest vehicle since Wonder Boys.
| Original Score: 3/4 | May 21, 2010
Koppleman and his co-director, David Levien, hit the right tone early -- empathetic yet brutally honest -- and Douglas' absorbing, minutely detailed performance sustains it.
| May 21, 2010