Worth

En avocat présomptueux qui s'achète une conscience, l'excellent Michael Keaton rehausse cette évocation sensible et nuancée, mais formellement conventionnelle d'un épisode douloureux de l'histoire américaine récente. Dans le rôle de la veuve d'un pompier qui menait une double vie, Laura Benanti est bouleversante.

It's a fascinating look into what must have been an exceedingly difficult task, while also dramatizing one of the defining moments in our generation, a subject that, almost nineteen years later, is still relatively taboo.

The reluctance to tear down restrictive storytelling templates rather than merely jostle them a bit is of a piece with the film's refusal to really engage with the question of whether a CEO's life is worth more financially than a janitor's. Certain hierarchies and structures end up being preserved here, despite the film's having made a point to call them into question.