The Only Living Boy In New York (2017)

A college dropout (Callum Turner) is struggling to find his way. When he discovers his father (Pierce Brosnan) is cheating on his mother (Cynthia Nixon) with a stunning beauty (Kate Beckinsale), his life suddenly begins emerging. But not for the better. Directed by Marc Webb (THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN). This could have been so much better but what we have here resembles one of those Woody Allen New York movies about Upper West Side (or is it East Side?) literary and artistic intellectuals but without the laughs. The boy at the center of it all isn't particularly likable (though the actor playing him is) and the film makers seem to give him more credit than he deserves. He seems a rather spoiled privileged brat, so does he deserve our empathy? It's very well acted especially by Beckinsale (my favorite character in the movie) although Jeff Bridges as a grizzly alcoholic sage seems to have shown up to just say his lines. As an actor, he needs a new act. Comparisons have been made to THE GRADUATE which seems apt. It's just as hollow at its core. With Kiersey Clemons (good enough that she deserves a better film), Wallace Shawn and Debi Mazar.