King of the Corner
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. A Comedy.
Leo Spivak (Peter Riegert) is drifting through life without a compass. His father (Eli Wallach) is aging fast, his teenage daughter is rebelling, his protégé is after his job and his wife (Isabella Rossellini) is losing her patience. A twist of fate and some bizarre wisdom from a "freelance rabbi" (Eric Bogosian) help Leo navigate the murky waters of his life and turn his crisis into a second chance.
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Why? - Snip
Why, oh why did I waste one of my 11 rentals this month on this? Trust me... total crap. So bad, we gave up after a VERY long hour of enduring nondescript (dare I say abonibably bad) acting of a script that was going nowhere, and going there glacially.
I see no reason why anyone would want to recommend this. Poor acting of a bad script amateurishly produced. I'd give it negative stars if I could.About Spivak - Cruel_Intentions
It is hard to tell just what the point of this film is. It seems it is about an advertising agency and the people working in the agency. It is also about the relationship of the star (Peter Reigert) with his father (Eli Wallach) who is in a nursing home in Arizona. It also has bits and pieces of other stories, the relationship of Reigert's daughter with her boyfriend and other trivia.
My impression is that the writer wanted to make a movie, but did not have a story to keep the audience interested for an hour and a half so he seemed to try other ways to draw an audience by including such big names as Rita Moreno, Isabella Rosselini, Eli Wallach. He also made most of the principal characters Jewish, perhaps in hopes of drawing a bigger audience to a trivial film.
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Why? - Snip
Why, oh why did I waste one of my 11 rentals this month on this? Trust me... total crap. So bad, we gave up after a VERY long hour of enduring nondescript (dare I say abonibably bad) acting of a script that was going nowhere, and going there glacially.
I ...About Spivak - Cruel_Intentions
It is hard to tell just what the point of this film is. It seems it is about an advertising agency and the people working in the agency. It is also about the relationship of the star (Peter Reigert) with his father (Eli Wallach) who is in a nursing home in ...