Solitary Man is a very familiar film on the surface, appearing to give us a rather simple story of mid-life crisis gone horribly wrong. Ben Kalmen (Michael Douglas) was a very big man almost seven years ago, but the time we’re going to spend with him is near the end of a bizarre tailspin.
The film opens with the song “Solitary Man,” which is either brilliant, or horribly lazy, because the song gives us the exact opposite theme we’re about to watch play out. We see Ben visit his doctor who notes some sort of problem with Ben’s heart. The doctor needs to run more tests before he can say anything for sure, but Ben never goes back, and we jump ahead seven years to learn what that fateful non-diagnosis has brought about.
Ben, not so long ago a local celebrity, wealthy car dealer, and married to...
The film opens with the song “Solitary Man,” which is either brilliant, or horribly lazy, because the song gives us the exact opposite theme we’re about to watch play out. We see Ben visit his doctor who notes some sort of problem with Ben’s heart. The doctor needs to run more tests before he can say anything for sure, but Ben never goes back, and we jump ahead seven years to learn what that fateful non-diagnosis has brought about.
Ben, not so long ago a local celebrity, wealthy car dealer, and married to...
- 9/11/2010
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
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