Warren Beatty's last film, perhaps, which would be a shame. I know he was working on a Howard Hughes movie since the 1970s. This was what he came up with?
There is a movie to be had in focusing on the women that Hughes stashed away. He only focuses on one, played by Lily Collins, who doesn't seem to be that big chested (I don't mean to be gross but that was such an overwhelming thing for Hughes). Then his attention drifts to one of Hughes' drivers. Collins drops out of the movie for a big slab of time.
Neither are that interesting. Many of the scenes are repetitive or flat - she's not a good driver, they have a religious upbringing, Annette Bening is Collins' worried mother,
It's fun to see people like Ed Harris and Amy Madigan in the movie, as well as Steve Coogan, Candice Bergen, etc. It was just a bit dull. Hughes was eccentric and odd. The two leads weren't that engaging.
The best bit came at the end when Hughes is on the phone to prove is sanity with his young son running around in front of him. This was quite moving. Hughes pulls focus from the young lovers. But he's not that engaging either. It was just dull.
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