So, what happens when someone who is (apparently) a pathological liar chooses as his avocation to the profession of journalism? Answer: NOTHING GOOD. I really loved the way this story worked as a movie: the director is able to lure us in with what look like "real" stories but then as the movie progresses you have to doubt what you saw on the screen, just as Glass's colleagues have to doubt what they read in his articles, what he said to them in the meetings where he pitched the ideas for the stories he was working on. We do tend to believe what we see (even if what we are seeing is patently not real, something staged and filmed), just as we tend to believe what we read (even though those are just words on paper, not reality itself), and what we hear (I am not very good at mistrusting people who tell me that what they are saying is the truth). This movie shows us that we cannot simply believe any of those things.
Peter Sarsgaard is a stand-out (as usual!), perfectly cast, wonderful to watch. He is becoming one of my very favorite actors. Hank Azaria also does a great job, and the contrast between the two of them (who both play editors at the magazine) gives the movie a very nice structure. All good stuff, absolutely worth 90 minutes of your time!
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