dir. and writ. Neil LaBute
feat. Aaron Eckhart, Matt Malloy, Stacy Edwards
LaBute's diatribe against awful men wears thin in the first scene, when Chad (Eckhart) grouses about the cutthroat world of business. The dialogue and characterization are never smart enough to seem real, nor sharp enough to feel truly acidic. Chad is a caricature without the depth to exist in our world, therefore tumbling down into garbage. There might have been some meat on Christine (Edwards,) but instead he steers clear of this territory, inviting the viewer to wonder but failing to explore an idea with some substance. And a tacked on ending serves no further purpose either, only reaffirming what the viewer already knows with no additional punch despite appearing to have some such intent.
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