Any movie that has me thinking for more than a few minutes is worth the price. This movie, which I enjoyed largely because of the amazing performance given by Danny DeVito, talks about how if you find yourself leading in a conversation, then you're not learning about the other person, you're marketing.
Well, the author does just that in the unusual speech Phil gives Bob in the last 15 minutes of the movie. The fact that what he's marketing are desperately needed, largely forgotten truths doesn't mitigate the speech's undermining effect on the play. For examples of plays that show rather than tell, think of The Crucible, Death of a Salesman, Long Day's Journey into Night and also most great musicals, now I think of it.
But as poet Robert Frost said: "...No one can know how glad I am to find on any sheet the least display of mind." I'd rather see an unsuccessful thinking person's movie than a successful empty-headed one.
Well, the author does just that in the unusual speech Phil gives Bob in the last 15 minutes of the movie. The fact that what he's marketing are desperately needed, largely forgotten truths doesn't mitigate the speech's undermining effect on the play. For examples of plays that show rather than tell, think of The Crucible, Death of a Salesman, Long Day's Journey into Night and also most great musicals, now I think of it.
But as poet Robert Frost said: "...No one can know how glad I am to find on any sheet the least display of mind." I'd rather see an unsuccessful thinking person's movie than a successful empty-headed one.