Rick

A deliciously bitter tale of lust and betrayal among dog-eat-dog Wall Street bigwigs, this grim fairy tale marks the feature-directing debut of veteran film editor Curtiss Clayton and was written by Daniel Handler several years before his transformation into children's publishing phenomenon Lemony Snicket. Steeped in a poisonous atmosphere of testosterone-fueled greed and vicious competitiveness, the film opens as middle-aged executive Rick O'Lette (Bill Pullman) turns a job interview into an exercise in humiliation. His victim, Michelle (Sandra Oh), has applied for an assistant position at Image Corporation, whose prominently displayed motto — "We Can Do This!"...