You should be able to enjoy any movie that claims Al Pacino,
Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin as its stars. Unfortunately, that’s not true
for “Stand Up Guys.” For much of the time, the guys seem to be wandering
around, trying to figure out what to do. And the problem is with first-time
feature writer Noah Haidle’s script, which has a solid premise, but no actual
story. The movie is basically two friends wasting time until morning comes. A
lot of it is silliness. And there’s never a point when any of the actions or
characters seem real.
Doc (Walken) picks up his best friend Val (Pacino) outside
the prison where Val has just spent more than a quarter of a century. In
between Val haphazardly snorting drugs and romancing prostitutes, the truth
comes out. A mob boss wants Val dead by morning and Doc has been assigned to do
it. While in the hospital for a drug overdoes, Val meets a nurse (Julianna
Marguiles) who’s the daughter of their old wheel man Hirsch (Arkin). So they
spring Hirsch from a retirement home and go joy riding. “Stand Up Guys” should
have gone straight to cable.
2/1/13
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