george.schmidt Review of Interview

Interview (I) (2007)

Absorbing yet strained character study; Miller asserts her more-than-meets-the-eye ethos

[7/10 · 14 August 2007]

INTERVIEW (2007) ** ½ Steve Buscemi adapted and directed this remake of slain European filmmaker Theodor Holman's absorbing yet constrained character study about a once hotshot political journalist (Buscemi) forced into taking a fluff piece assigned by his editor on a superficial actress best known for her lascivious lifestyle (Miller, in another strong performance, proving she's more than a pretty face) than for her questionable work. While there is a generous amount of tete-a-tete between the two unlikely protagonists, the trappings of a 2-person play hinders the exercise in ego, fame, celebrity and ethics. While Buscemi continues to prove his versatility both as an actor and as a filmmaker – given the borders of the piece – it is Miller who shrewdly skewers her own image.