Terrible acting, good concept

Rating: 6/10 (22 November 2014)

***SPOILERS*** This could have been truly great because the plot is interesting and sufficiently dark, but Jake G. simply can't pull off the character. (despite the many other reviewers who differ in opinion) This character comes off as clueless, bored, detached. His charming mode is OK, his crazy side is just not credible. (unlike Bradley Cooper in Silver Linings Playbook or Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest or even Batman) And one cannot even imagine why he wants a love relationship with Rene Russo. It's not business, he has that already. Altogether Jake G doesn't convince me of anything except that he was miscast. And while I normally love Rene Russo's acting, in this case she played tough well, but not vulnerable and desperate. She can--it's in her range, she just didn't carry it in this movie. The assistant was a great character actor. He deserves recognition. Anyway, too bad about the casting of the principals because otherwise the movie was done nicely.