What are Colin Firth and Emily Blunt doing in a picture that opens and closes in one week at the Royal? The set-up suggests intriguing possibilities, none of which come to fruition. Arthur and "Mike," as she asks to be called, go on a small-scale spree, breaking into people's homes when they know they're away and pretending to be them, pilfering little trinkets and gewgaws. There's a lot of plot, but none of it's very much fun, or suspenseful, or compelling. Anne Heche has a go-nowhere role as - I forget - I don't think it's Firth's wife, but maybe his girlfriend, or…? Nothing's altogether clear. "Arthur Newman" feels as unfinished and empty as the name itself; it's a title in search of a movie.
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
Arthur Newman
What are Colin Firth and Emily Blunt doing in a picture that opens and closes in one week at the Royal? The set-up suggests intriguing possibilities, none of which come to fruition. Arthur and "Mike," as she asks to be called, go on a small-scale spree, breaking into people's homes when they know they're away and pretending to be them, pilfering little trinkets and gewgaws. There's a lot of plot, but none of it's very much fun, or suspenseful, or compelling. Anne Heche has a go-nowhere role as - I forget - I don't think it's Firth's wife, but maybe his girlfriend, or…? Nothing's altogether clear. "Arthur Newman" feels as unfinished and empty as the name itself; it's a title in search of a movie.
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