Tragic characters require tragic stories

Rating: 6/10 (8 November 2005)

i watched this movie recently, i must say that i did enjoy it. it was a pretty good movie but not great. the jack Nicholson character was excellent, and jack Nicholson played it flawlessly. i loved watching him live in a world that he did not fit into. many of the characters were built up and then dismissed quickly. several characters that could have been developed very well were instead draw thin and meaning less, such as Simon's boyfriend, frank. i would watch this movie again, but i would not pick it out myself. the movie moved along slowly towards a very predictable ending. how ever i did not feel that the ending fit the characters, it felt very forced. i would have much preferred to have seen the movie center more around the jack Nicholson character. as i said, good movie, but not great.