The Associate (1996)
First screened in August 2020
Director: Donald Petrie. Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Dianne Wiest, Tim Daly, Eli Wallach, George Martin, Bebe Neuwirth, Lainie Kazan, Austin Pendleton, Kenny Kerr, Željko Ivanek, Brian Tarantina, Jerry Hardin, Helen Hanft, William Hill, Colleen Camp, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Lianna Pai, Allison Janney. Screenplay: Nick Thiel (based on the 1979 film L'Associé, directed by René Gainville and written by Jenaro Prieto and Jean-Claude Carrière, based in turn on the novel El Socio by Jenaro Prieto). Twitter Capsule:
Lacks the temerity to treat its themes more seriously, or the daring and story sense to go all the way as a comedy.
VOR:②
Goldberg's last top-billed role finds her pushing penchants for drama and farce, but awkwardly at once. Less rich than it should be as a cultural text.
