Based on a 1982 play by David Mamet.
A man's life spirals down to catastrophe after he goes to a fortune teller. He leaves his wife and wanders in the underworld of New York City during one night, becoming increasingly disconnected with his former moral and philosophical frames of reference.
The clearly teleological structure reduces the film to the category of a joke which operates under the directing line of the sentence "one's fears are actually one's desires". The film has parallels of varying closeness in works such as Camus's L'étranger, Falling Down (1993), episode 1 of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983), After Hours (1985), and Eyes Wide Shut (1999). Macy's acting style reminds me (here and elsewhere) of Lemmon's, although Macy strikes me as the better actor of the two.
Rating: 55
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