Plot: Griffin Mill is a typical Hollywood executive. He is dishonest and can talk his way out of any situation. Things get tricky when he starts getting postcards that threaten his well-being. He suspects it's one of the writers that he turned down recently, but he can't seem to figure out which one it might be.
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November 28, 2023
When a director makes a movie about the movie industry, there's a big chance the result is going to be a little icky. And The Player is a great example. Even when this little microcosmos is presented as a sleazy and backhanded industry, it ends up feeling like an attempt to make it more interesting than it truly is.
The tone is light, but the comedy feels unearned. There's a love for classic cinema here that I don't share, there are a whole lot of B-actors with questionable performances and the plot didn't really interest me. I know cinephilia just loves films like these, but they rarely seem to work for me.