Three middle-aged men share a lavish home in the Hollywood Hills; all of them work in the film industry. Eddie (Sean Penn) and Mickey (Kevin Spacey) are casting agents; Phil (Chazz Palminteri) is an out-of-work actor bitter about being thrown out of his home by his wife. The three are profoundly misogynistic; they use women sexually, but care nothing for them. Eddie and Mickey have both been dating Darlene, Robin Wright-Penn; one of their friends, Atie, Garry Shandling offers a present of a teenage hitchhiker Donna, Anna Paquin; then there`s Bonnie, Meg Ryan, a hooker.
Anthony Drazan`s film of David Rabe`s 1984 play is a stagy, well acted, but terribly depressing experience. These characters are so awful, their lives so pathetic and they`re potentially dangerous too. Phil, at least, can hardly keep his simmering violence in check. The performances are electric, especially Kevin Spacey, who has all the best lines. But this is an uncomfortable film experience...
