While in the car later, Mark’s true alpha nature comes out when his wife tells him she would like to go back to work as an executive editor. But, in this case, it might as well be a choke collar. He lovingly places a cascading waterfall of jewels around her neck while the city that provides their panoramic penthouse view seemingly glitters with envy in the nighttime sky.
Of course, it’s that most ancient of high-end, guilt-assuaging spousal gift clichés, a diamond necklace. But before they leave, he presents her with a box. Meanwhile, he is on the phone on the other side plotting to engage in some unethical financial deal. Running late, she is on the phone on one side of the wall in their bedroom making sure they can keep their dinner reservation.
Here is a sample: In an early scene, a high-stakes power couple, consisting of a hubristic wheeler-dealer Mark Dutchman (McDermott) and Moore as his chilly yet compliantly dutiful trophy wife Suzanne, are preparing to head out to celebrate their 19 th anniversary. Harder to swallow is the stale taste left behind by what happens onscreen in “Blind,” the directing debut of Michael Mailer (eldest son of novelist Norman Mailer), with a script by brother John Buffalo Mailer. That is especially true of Baldwin, whose Trump-inspired antics both on “Saturday Night Live” and in the animated hit “ The Boss Baby” have elevated his presence of late. At least this trio can still summon just enough star shine to keep audiences mindlessly crunching their popcorn. That it somehow finds room for namedropping both “Anna Karenina” and “The Karate Kid.” And it even relies on that perennial staple of grief cinema-listening to the phone messages left behind by a deceased loved one.Īdding to the flashback feel is the casting of Dylan McDermott, Demi Moore and Alec Baldwin, all now members of the 50-something club, who were up-and-coming whippersnappers back when Reagan was in office. 5 tumbling out of a suitcoat pocket to signal adultery. Consider that “Blind” features a pink envelope scented with Chanel No.
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