【A couple of performances are just a tad off.!!】
PANIC: The kind of film we say we want. Well, find it, see it!!
This is probably his best work since Fargo, another doormat that yearns to get out of the social and familial blockades surrounding him.***
The scenes between him and his father are mesmerizing -- you can feel the self-loathing that goes through Macy with each remark from Sutherland.
It is much like the Nick Nolte-James Coburn relationship in 1998?s Affliction, though Macy feels more worthless than Nolte's character is.+++
Because of the film's unusual release structure (it premiered at Sundance in 2000 before fighting a losing battle for a distributor and heading to Showtime only to finally end up in theatres for a spring 2001 release) will leave it without eligibility for Oscar consideration next year.
This pains me a great deal -- I would love to see a strong push for Macy to receive a Best Actor nomination (on top of consideration for the Bryan Tyler score, the Jeff Jur cinematography, and Bromell for his screenplay and direction).★★★★★
For me, Im counting Panic as 2001 release and already marking it down for a strong possibility to make my top ten list.!!!!
The real sad thing is that hardly anyone I know has ever heard of this film.
But once I show it to them, they have immediately gone out and bought it.
It's really that good. Check it out.!!!!!