Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
A scathing class satire inspired by Pygmalion.
The antagonist, Edward (Gere), is a dull, hollow vulture capitalist. A refreshing departure from today’s drug-fueled messianic techbros, he reads Shakespeare, visits the opera, and plays chess - not because he enjoys any of those things, but because it is expected of a man of his social class. After his girlfriend dumps him, he picks up a prostitute, Vivian (Roberts), and finds that with sufficient wealth and power, you can have sex atop…
I might have liked if the story were a little more plotty, but it was entertaining and jarring with a creative premise (reminded me a bit of the graphic novel Beautiful Darkness, although WtW wasn’t nearly so bleak). I’ll be rooting for this one to win the Oscar.
Honestly amazed that something this good was made on a $150K budget. A+ slapstick comedy