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This is one of the many films I’m looking forward to seeing at the Dallas International Film Festival, which is now literally days away. Michael Douglas (before returning to the role of Gordon Gecko in WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS) co-stars with ZOMBIELAND‘s Jesse Eisenberg in SOLITARY MAN. They share the screen with Jenna Fischer (THE OFFICE), Mary-Louise Parker (WEEDS), Susan Sarandon, and Danny DeVito.
Anchor Bay Films is releasing, and here’s their official synopsis:
Drawing together the Michael Douglas mystique from both Wall Street and Fatal Attraction, Solitary Man casts Douglas as a predatory lion in winter, an alpha male led astray by his greed and his zipper. Ben (Douglas) once ruled a car-dealership empire vast enough to fuel a glossy Manhattan lifestyle and endow a library at an East Coast university. But by the time he arrives at the college with his girlfriend’s daughter, Allyson (Imogen Poots), who is a prospective student, his world has collapsed around his ears. A business scandal has cost him his income and his marriage to Nancy (Susan Sarandon). His ever-present lust for every passing attractive woman threatens to take what little Ben has left. Even his new relationship with Jordan (Mary-Louise Parker) oscillates with tension. When Ben takes Allyson to tour the school, his motives are more than mixed.
and there’s this little bit of elaboration as well…
Solitary Man flirts with comedy, especially in its whip-smart dialogue and some great scenes between Douglas and Danny DeVito, who plays an old friend. But there is a darker current running through the story. Directors Brian Koppelman and David Levien previously co-wrote both Ocean’s Thirteen and The Girlfriend Experience for Steven Soderbergh. They understand both the pleasures of entertainment and the contours of character. As the film probes deeper into Ben’s compulsions, it becomes a character study. Why did he leave a wife as gorgeous and soulful as Nancy? What does he have to prove in befriending a young college geek (Jesse Eisenberg)? And when it comes to so many of his indiscretions, quite simply, how could he? Douglas has never been an Everyman on screen, but there are many men in their middle years who will identify with this character more than they’d care to admit. His is the id that never fades, even as the consequences mount.
And here’s some pics from the film to check out:
Source: SlashFilm
Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff. 
