Things Change Review
This gentle fable marked a departure from the stark moralizing and often opaque characters of writer/director David_Mamet's other films and plays. Mamet co-wrote the screenplay with poet and cartoonist Shel_Silverstein, and at times two main characters seem like stand-ins for the writers themselves: Joe_Mantegna's callous, pragmatic gangster is Mamet incarnate, and Don_Ameche's impish scapegoat is not unlike one of Silverstein's cartoon heroes. As a director, Mamet allows his camera to take in a bit more scenery than usual, and the flat delivery that he imposes on his performers works surprisingly well in a comedy. Ameche's performance is equal parts Marcello_Mastroianni and Charles_Chaplin: alternately profound and quizzical, he never plays the role merely for slapstick laughs. Michael Hastings, Rovi
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