The Robert Downey Jr Film Guide
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Game Six (2006)
Summary
A playwright skips the premiere of his show to see game six of the 1986 World Series.
Director
Michael Hoffman
Downey Factor
Low-Medium.
Character
Steven Schwimmer, a despised theater critic who can't show his true face in public.
Looks
Unkempt with moments of Andy Warhol meets the lead singer of The Cure.
Performance
Paranoid.
Line
The truth is never gentle. Each of us lives in the thinnest possible wrapping of wishes and dreams. And truth is the force that penetrates this wispy skin. It hurts and it maims. That's my job.
Love & Sex
A creepy near-hook-up with the playwright's daughter.
Dies, Gay or Villain
No, no, yes.
Cast
Michael Keaton, Catherine O'Hara, Griffin Dunne
Connection
Michael Hoffman's Restoration and Soapdish.
Michael Keaton in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Time & Place
1986 in New York.
Availability
Released in theaters 10 March 2006. On DVD in Region 1, 2 and 4.
Foreign Titles
Germany: Das Leben ist ein Spiel! (Life is a Game)
Poland: Szósty Mecz (Sixth Match)
Portugal: Sorte e Destino (Luck and Destiny)
Rotten Tomatoes
Critical View
Richard Roeper, Ebert and Roeper: Robert Downey Jr. seems to be applying for the Christopher Walken lifetime achievement award for never giving a dull performance in a movie. He puts a crazy mesmerizing spin on the role of Steven Schwimmer, a powerful critic who kills plays and ruins lives with his devastating reviews.
Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times: As things drag on, you can ask yourself: which seems longer ago, the days when anyone cared about whether the Red Sox would ever win the series, or the days when a lone theater critic had the clout to terrify Broadway?
Does It Hold Up
Even in 2006, this movie felt like a throwback to 90s Hollywood when these types of low budget movies were common.
2 Reasons to See It
1. The disguise he wears to go out in public.
2. Priceless bit about a forgetful stage actor.
Overall
So-so movie with unlikely character interaction is shades of One Night Stand, except with a bit more Downey and less melodrama.
If You Like It
You might also like Soapdish (1991), One Night Stand (1996)
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