Pushing Tin
First screened in January 2005 / Most recently screened in April 2020
Director: Mike Newell. Cast: John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, Angelina Jolie, Jake Weber, Vicki Lewis, Matt Ross, Kurt Fuller, Jerry Grayson, Michael Willis, Philip Akin, Mike O'Malley, Neil Crone, Matt Gordon, Joe Pingue, John Carroll Lynch, Shaun Majumder, Molly Price, Star Jasper, Catherine Lloyd Burns, Sarah Knowlton, Kiersten Warren. Screenplay: Glen Charles and Les Charles (based on the New York Times article "Something's Got to Give" by Darcy Frey). Twitter Capsule:
Cusack's a wash; so's the whole last third. But for a while, this well-shot comedy holds an oddball, Hawksian appeal.
VOR:②
Even before the whole script nosedives, Tin never quite knows where to focus or how to deepen or sustain its threads. Still, a curious throwback.
