After having seen a few of his movies now, I kind of want to meet George Clooney. There are very few movie stars that I would actually like to meet in real life. Generally, I like the characters they play but not the people themselves. That way I can pretend that they don't have faults except for cool, interesting ones they have onscreen. Shallow? Why, yes, I am.However, after this and The Men Who Stare at Goats, I am beginning to think that Mr. Clooney might be kind of a fan of the borderline insane stories of the CIA. At the very least, he has an extremely well-developed sense of the absurd.
In his directorial debut, he takes on the possibly true story of Chuck Barris (Sam Rockwell), a television producer and pop song writer who may also have been a hit man for the CIA. Using the contestants from The Dating Game as a cover, Barris conducts clandestine missions through the Cold War for his handler (George Clooney). After a while, the pressure of a double life starts to get to him and he finds it harder and harder to function reliably, especially after the revelation that there is a mole in the organization out gunning for him.
Again, everyone who is anyone is in this movie from Drew Barrymore, Julia Roberts and Rutger Hauer to cameos by Matt Damon, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Brad Pitt.
Dark, cynical, and hilarious. You know I enjoyed it. The ending is a bit more depressing than I would have liked which downgrades it from the coveted "Loved it" tag to the more pedestrian "Liked it". Still, a good time was had by all.
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