wow. darn :\

Rating: 4/10 (18 June 2020)

I was so looking forward to this. I found it unwatchable. I stuck with it for the first 1/2 hour, and gave up. I guess maybe I'll check it out again in the winter, if it's still around. I'm reminded of that Woody Allen movie that took on the British house party genre (Magic in the Moonlight) - another one that I just couldn't stick with. OTOH, Robert Altman did it so well with Gosford Park.
Christopher Plummer is wonderful, of course. I quite liked Don Johnson in this. Michael Shannon was interesting as always. This movie has such a great cast, but I feel like they were squandered. This form of mystery, even if it's just that the director is taking the form and deconstructing it in order to build something else, deserves more. It wasn't funny on its own, not funny as its type of film. Sucks as social commentary. I'm usually griping about reviewers giving good movies really low scores. This time it's because I don't understand the really high scores. Sucks for me, sucks in general ;>