Albert Brooks is outstanding!

Rating: 10/10 (11 January 2019)

I know the movie is old now and this is my first review, but I just watched this tonight for the first time in years. This movie still holds up and is still in my top 10.
Everything about this film is top notch, the atmosphere, the soundtrack, the camera work, the acting, and the dialogue (less is more sometimes...its more accurate to reality IMO). But of all the facets of this film, Albert Brooks steals the show! Every performance is perfect - Cranston is fabulous with his jazz style dialogue, mostly as libbed - but Brooks is suck a menacing yet reassuring presence.
It's hard to think of a villain that has been this grotesque and yet this likeable at the same time. He not only is amicable and loyal, he is ruthless and narcissistic. How this man didn't win an award for this performance is beyond me.
Top 3 out of my top 10 overall...just a fantastic film overall!