A strange experience--a movie so stylistically different from today's films that it might as well be from another country. And the '70s cultural vibe, on display throughout, pushes the film even further away, making it almost like a movie from another world. There are positives here: several fine and typical moments of cynical, satirical absurdity in Paddy Chayefsky's script, and a stand-out performance from George C. Scott which holds everything together. But that oddly spare style is distracting. Tough to recommend, yet tough to ignore, too. Check in if you feel like it.
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