Synopsis
A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.
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Cast
- Michael DouglasBen Kalmen
- Susan SarandonNancy Kalmen
- Danny DeVitoJimmy Marino
- Mary-Louise ParkerJordon Karsch
- Jenna FischerSusan Porter
- Imogen PootsAllyson Karsch
- Jesse EisenbergDaniel Cheston
- Richard SchiffSteve Heller
- Jake SicilianoScotty
- David CostabileGary Porter
Recommendations
- 91
Entertainment Weekly
With an outstanding screenplay by Brian Koppelman and disciplined direction by Koppelman and David Levien, a story that could have been generic (or worse, scented with flowery bulls---) turns into a precise, honest, and affecting drama. - 80
New York Magazine (Vulture)
It’s smoothly written and smartly paced, and Michael Douglas is riveting. - 80
Variety
A movie of no small generosity: It offers audiences the pleasures of a screenplay whose every acerbic line is firmly rooted in character, and it hands Michael Douglas one of his best roles in years. - 80
Time Out
A truly impressive portrait of self-destructive, smooth-talking alpha males, and a testament to an actor who waltzes across that Peter Pan–syndrome tightrope with the greatest of sleaze. - 75
Observer
Solitary Man comes on the heels of last year's "A Serious Man" and "A Single Man," so it's small wonder that confusion reigns. But this film, co-directed by David Levien and Brian Koppelman (who also wrote the screenplay), is the best of the three. - 75
The A.V. Club
The second movie nestled within Solitary Man--the one that doesn’t show up often enough--is about a man of rare eloquence and honesty, sharing his views on salesmanship and sex with anyone who’ll listen. - 70
Village Voice
The film courageously shows its reprobate hero sliding further, not redeeming himself. - 65
Movieline
As a character study Solitary Man, like Ben, has no center. What he amounts to is a pretty consistent set of attitudes and behaviors which, while shocking, are not all that interesting.
