BEST SELLERS (2021) ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Lina Roessler
Michael Caine, Aubrey Plaza, Scott Speedman,
Ellen Wong, Cary Elwes, Frank Schorpion
Michael Caine, walking with a cane and looking like he needs one, plays a novelist who hasn't published a word in 40 years. Aubrey Plaza plays a publisher who coaxes him back into print. Together they embark on the book tour from hell, doing readings in dive bars when his crude behavior causes bookstores to cancel their appearances. Caine's masterful, as always, and Plaza does a nice job in a role for which you'd think she'd be miscast. In the end, it plays out in some predictably heartwarming ways, but Caine, acting crotchety, and Plaza, being Plaza, do a lot to keep it from getting too cute. CGI allows a much younger Sir Michael to make a brief televised appearance.
