One of the things I like best about watching Michael Keaton on the screen in movies, good or bad (and especially in human and often hilarious comedies like Goodrich), is the rare and gratifying skill set he shows us in his acting. He’s a master of the kind of uniquely personal leading-man character filmmakers no longer have much interest in—a real-as-breathing combination of calloused toughness and warm sensitivity many stage actors work to perfect but few film actors get the chance to try. Men on the screen are expected to cohere to the kind of one-dimensional masculine clichés moviegoers applaud—the two-fisted graduates of the Nautilus School of Dramatic Art that keep muscles toned and brains safe from any activity that might challenge the IQ.

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GOODRICH ★★★ (3.5/4 stars)
Directed by: Hallie Meyers-Shyer
Written by: Hallie Meyers-Shyer
Starring: Michael Keaton, Mila Kunis, Andie MacDowell, Carmen Ejogo, Keven Pollak, Michael Urie, Laura Benanti
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