Traffic

Traffic

Bedford Falls Productions

December 6, 2000

Crime Drama

DVD
D-

By now, the grade shouldn't surprise you.  Steven Soderbergh directed, and this is the sixth of his movies I've rejected in this project.

Solitary Man

Solitary Man

Millennium Films

October 2009

Drama

DVD
D

A Michael Douglas movie about sex and dishonesty, so no.  Brian Koppelman wrote and co-directed with David Levien.

One Night at McCool's

One Night at McCool's

USA Films etc.

April 27, 2001

Crime Comedy
DVD
D

I actually considered going lower on this, since it has a woman falsely claim she was almost raped, right before she seduces Matt Dillon, but it's a Michael Douglas movie, so it's not like I expected feminism.  Harald Zwart directed.

It Runs in the Family

It Runs in the Family

MGM

April 25, 2003

Comedy
DVD
D+

Three generations of a family I don't care about, on or offscreen.  Fred Schepisi directed nine years after I.Q.

The Game

The Game 

PolyGram

September 12, 1997

Drama

DVD
C

A rich man (Douglas) who's haunted by the past gets a gift card from his brother (Penn, who looks his sixteen years younger than Douglas, whose character seems to be maybe half that amount older).  David Fincher directed a couple years before Fight Club.

Don't Say a Word

Don't Say a Word
20th Century Fox
September 28, 2001
Crime Drama
DVD
D-

Alternately boring and offensive, but then it does star Michael Douglas.  Based on the Andrew Klavan novel and directed by Gary Fleder.