Writer-director Paul Schrader's melancholy thriller about an aging social butterfly caught up in a sordid murder is sleek, sharp-tongued and sadly cynical: Call it "American Gigolo: The Midlife Crisis."
Born into a venerable Virginia political dynasty, Washington man-about-town Carter "Car" Page III (Woody Harrelson) has parlayed true-blue breeding, education and an ear for gossip into a superficially enviable life of cultured leisure. But as he's regularly reminded, he's not the man his ancestors were: His grandfather governed of Virginia, his father distinguished himself during the Watergate hearings, and Car is a Walker: He squires wealthy Washington ladi...
Released:
2007
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
108 mins