The title is Bartleby but the real focus of the story as well as this film is David Paymer and his portrayal as the nameless office manager. He really is excellent in this and generally I think the entire cast does well. Crispin Glover is good in the title role but he gets a little buried in all that's going on(more on that later) Glenne Headley is very memorable as Vivian. I always get sad when I see her now. Partly because she's gone now and partly because she reminds me of someone who is gone from my life forever. It's not so much just this role but all of hers. Here she is hilarious in a quiet way. Maury Chaykin and Joe Piscopo play two very different workers. Both hilarious in different ways. I think the problem with this movie is that it leans a little to hard into the humor and it doesn't feel like a darkly comic story anymore. Kind of lost in the goofy humor is the dynamic between the office manager and Bartleby. Purists would be bothered by that but I rank the movie 7/10 as a stand alone.
The visuals are different, and it tries to tell a story about corporate America (sort of). Kudos to the director for getting a theramin into the music score.
The visuals are different, and it tries to tell a story about corporate America (sort of). Kudos to the director for getting a theramin into the music score.