Plot
A devoted husband in a marriage of convenience is forced to confront his secret life.
Release Year: 2014
Rating: 7.5/10 (408 voted)
Critic's Score: 52/100
Director: Dito Montiel
Stars: Robin Williams, Roberto Aguire, Kathy Baker
Storyline
A devoted husband in a marriage of convenience is forced to confront his secret life.
Cast: Robin Williams -
Nolan Mack
Bob Odenkirk -
Winston
Kathy Baker -
Joy
Roberto Aguire -
Leo
Giles Matthey -
Eddie
Eleonore Hendricks -
Patty
J. Karen Thomas -
Cat
Landon Marshall -
Mark
Brandon Hirsch -
Brad
Clay Jeffries -
Student
Curtis Gordon -
Jon
Henry Haggard -
Beaumont
David Ditmore -
Middle-Aged Man
Joshua Decker -
ER Doctor
Yedveta -
Nurse
(as Charlene Yedveta Robinson)
Taglines:
It's never too late to make a U-turn
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 10 July 2015
Filming Locations: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
Although frequently marketed as the last movie of Robin Williams, it is not. Williams worked on Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014) and Absolutely Anything (2015) after completing Boulevard (2014). It had also already gotten a limited release in 2014, before Williams died. It was, however, the last movie featuring Williams in an on-screen role to get a wide release in July 2015. Absolutely Anything (2015), featuring Williams' voice, would be released a month later. See more »
User Review
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Rating: 6/10
Robin Williams takes on another serious role here as Nolan, and he does
another good job in playing a serious role like this and handling a lot
of raw emotions that really diverge from the image of Robin Williams in
the role of comedy, although there's certainly some humour he brings to
some scenes.
Really though, the film tackles a very somber and difficult topic as
Nolan, long since married, takes a sudden leap into trying to
acknowledge his homosexuality when he picks up a young guy off the
street, paying him just to spend time with him. The idea of someone in
a marriage having an affair usually is linked with boredom or
disinterest, or some sort of deficiency present. What makes this
powerful is that there is no deficiency in the marriage, it's simply
something that Nolan can't choose to be. There is love between him and
his wife, but they seem to be different loves.
To an extent, I found the film difficult to watch, particularly the
scenes with Leo, the young man that Nolan develops an infatuation with,
but part of the power of the film are those scenes, the awkwardness and
uncertainty that Williams brings to Nolan, and the overpowering feeling
that he's not sure how to accept what it is he wants. It's a very
different sort of story than what I've seen of dealing with someone
being gay, but it's strongly shown that it is a story that deserves
telling.
Most poignant about the film, for me, wasn't the film itself so much as
what was discussed during the Q&A, and an unusual coincidence that
happened during the shooting of the film. One of the filming locations
belonged to a couple that had been married for decades, but where the
husband came out only a few years prior to being contacted by a
location scout. That just adds something powerful to it for me, perhaps
just as it really added to the sincerity of the film to have someone
stand up and say that the heart-wrenching and painful scenes in the
film can be very real, but that the underlying love, even if not quite
romantic, is also very real.
I did find the film dragged, and there was a slow agony to it, somewhat
like slowly removing a band-aid, so while I think the core of it is a
very powerful set of emotions, as a film I was less impressed, and that
as a film it was solid, but not stand out.
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