The Top 10 Highest-Profile Straight-to-DVD Releases
By Robert Sims, Special to Hollywood.com
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
4. Man About Town
The Big Loser: Ben Affleck
Deservedly Dumped?: Before the high of Gone Baby Gone there was the low of Man About Town. This Hollywood satire—directed with staggering self-importance by The Upside of Anger’s Mike Binder—is not as bad as the “Bennifer”-activated bombs Gigli or Surviving Christmas. But Affleck’s even smugger than usual as your stereotypically obnoxious talent agent suffering from an existential crisis. To make sense of his life, he decides to keep a journal. He soon realizes that he’s not a very nice person (which we knew from the get-go). And he remains that way, even after trying to better himself and win back his wife (a surprisingly appealing Rebecca Romijn). All Man About Town confirms is that no one cares when Hollywood turns the cameras on itself, especially when your lead character deserves his comeuppance.
Star: 1