Nicholson wears her erudition lightly, her swift, pared prose allowing the resonances of Cruise’s career to sneak up on you.
We’re now seeing a variety of films borne of the sentiments of our own time.
Veteran. Agitator. Provocateur. Bully. Conspiracy nut. Patriot.
Throughout, your own need to cheer Dave Musikant—and expect, even demand, a decisive victory over Steven Lonegan—is undercut by sobering political facts.