Gerard Butler plays the most divorced man in history with such gusto and aplomb; it has completely reversed my opinion of him as an actor and as an artist.
psyching himself up to face his wife after a night of sinning from his truck in the driveway, blasting “What It’s Like” by Everlast — this is a real person, an authentic human being of such truth it can only move you to your innermost being, from which empathy springs.
wives and the wife guys who love them. if you think about it, Mars is Earth’s wife
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
At a certain point the reality of the film breaks down, and the walls between separate scenes merge. All the supposedly extricable acts of evil seem to combine in a kaleidoscopic inferno, illuminating all the characters on screen in the same light that spills into the theatre, onto all of us
