Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Robin Williams | ... | Nolan Mack | |
Kathy Baker | ... | Joy | |
Roberto Aguire | ... | Leo | |
Giles Matthey | ... | Eddie | |
Eleonore Hendricks | ... | Patty | |
Bob Odenkirk | ... | Winston | |
Henry Haggard | ... | Beaumont | |
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Gary Gardner | ... | Lionel Mack (Father) |
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Crystal Gray | ... | Nurse |
Joshua Decker | ... | ER Doctor | |
Sondra Morton | ... | Gloria Beaumont | |
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Jerry Chipman | ... | Blyden |
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Steven Randazzo | ... | Guard Walt |
J. Karen Thomas | ... | Cat | |
Becky Fly | ... | Night Nurse |
Nolan Mack is sixty, married, a literature professor, and well-regarded and leads a quiet uneventful. One night, as he drives home, he nearly runs into a hustler. Sorry for what might have happened, Nolan starts a conversation with the young man named Leo and ends up in a hotel room; not for sex - the older man has fallen in love with the young man. Having realised he was gay since age of twelve, Nolan's never been able to express his sexual orientation and Leo happens to crystallize his feelings and desires. But what extent will it affect his married life and professional career? Written by Guy Bellinger
"Sometimes it's nice to be somewhere else." Nolan (Williams) has a great wife and a huge promotion coming at his job. He has everything going for him, but he has been keeping a secret from everyone his whole life. When he meets Leo (Aguire) he finally finds a way to be himself, but he still struggles with revealing himself. There are some movies that are made better by casting choices. There are some things that a person is the perfect choice for and you can't imagine watching it without them (Gandolfini in the Sopranos). This movie is the rare combination of those plus real world events that makes the movie actually transcend the screen and makes it feel more real and it has that much more of an impact. In this movie Robin Williams plays a character that struggle with something that he has to keep hidden from everyone while trying to be who they want him to be. The fact that he himself was trying to hide depression from everyone while trying to still be "Robin Williams" really adds an extra dimension to the character and makes the movie all the more emotional. The movie itself if just OK, but the real world events are really what makes this a movie to watch. Overall, very poetic that this is the final live action Robin Williams movie. It is almost his way of telling us how he was dealing with his problems. For that reason I recommend this. I give this a B+.