It has been about eight years since Billy Crystal toplined a feature film, 2012’s Parental Guidance, but now he’s back and going all indie on us in the modest but touching Standing Up, …
Parental Guidance, Even though this story doesn’t center on Crystal’s character, an alcoholic dermatologist named Marty, this fine human dramedy offers the comedian one of the best turns he has ever had on the big screen and perhaps a new and welcome direction in his movie career.That said, and despite Crystal’s top billing, this film centers on Scott, played by Ben Schwartz .
Back on the East Coast, Scott has time to deal with all his regrets and is trying to get his life back on track when he has a chance meeting with Marty in a local bar. Marty’s own list of life’s mistakes makes Scott’s pale by comparison. The two strike up a mutual friendship and later meet when Scott’s hives just happen to take him to a dermatologist, who of course turns out to be Marty.
The nifty title explains it all and works on several levels as this bunch searches for second chances and rebirths that, in the sad facts of life, might never come to matching dreams and expectations. There is much here with which to identify, and the writing and acting are exceptional. This is some of the best work of Crystal’s career, an understated but knowing performance that never goes for the kind of easy sentimentality he has sometimes done in the past.
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