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Solitary Man
Directed by
David Levien
,
Brian Koppelman
R
2009
89m
Drama
,
Comedy
,
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6.3
77%
50%
5.9
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A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.
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Cast of Solitary Man
Michael Douglas
Ben Kalmen
Susan Sarandon
Nancy Kalmen
Danny DeVito
Jimmy Marino
Mary-Louise Parker
Jordon Karsch
Jenna Fischer
Susan Porter
Imogen Poots
Allyson Karsch
Jesse Eisenberg
Daniel Cheston
Richard Schiff
Steve Heller
Jake Siciliano
Scotty
David Costabile
Gary Porter
Ben Shenkman
Peter Hartofilias
Anastasia Griffith
Carol Salomonde
Alex Kaluzhsky
Ted Loof
Simona Williams
Nurse
James Colby
Sgt. John Haverford
Arthur J. Nascarella
Nascarella
Bruce Altman
Dr. Steinberg
Nick H. Toomey
Bill Rallye
Adam Pally
Irate Student
Lenny Venito
Todd The Building Manager
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Solitary Man Ratings & Reviews
Nicholas Florio
September 8, 2025
What a great movie. A great cast, also. It really gives to a look into this guy's narcissism . It actually makes him a torment to his own life and the ones around him. His fake confidence reveals itself in so many ways. This movie is a gem.
Film Comment Magazine
Chris Chang
The film begins and ends with scenes of acute existential reflection, a state actors rarely convey convincingly-least of all in a contemporary American film.
Lessons of Darkness
Nick Schager
Koppelmans script is awash in phony scenarios.
Houston Chronicle
Amy Biancolli
Yet more proof that Michael Douglas can do anything he pleases so long as he's playing a jerk.
Detroit News
Tom Long
The empty guy at the beginning of this movie is pretty much the same empty guy by its end.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
The actors are all charged up, too; there's just nowhere in this script for them to go.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
You'd think Michael Douglas has played the charming cad on screen once too often, but damned if he doesn't pull it off once more in grand style.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Calvin Wilson
It's a smart, funny film that flirts with the edge.
Movie Retriever
Brian Tallerico
Solitary Man may be about a man who has found himself on his own, but it features one of the best ensemble performances of the year. Don't miss it.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
Though this drama by writer-director Brian Koppelman hardly measures up to Wonder Boys, it comes a lot closer than King of California.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
Michael Douglas is at his best when playing a character at his worst.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Why do we keep watching this sad, sad man? Because he's ecstatic as long as he avoids facing reality, and Douglas makes that ecstasy a marvelous thing to behold.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
In its scruffy, take-me-or-leave-me way, it deserves attention.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The film is all about Ben Kalman, but one of the strengths of Michael Douglas' performance is that he isn't playing a character. He's playing a character who is playing a character.
The New Yorker
Anthony Lane
The role is so tailor-made for Douglas, who has put in years of screen time on the horizontal, that the rest of the story has to fit in around him, leaving scant room for maneuver.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Douglas' juiciest vehicle since Wonder Boys.
Salon.com
Matt Zoller Seitz
Koppleman and his co-director, David Levien, hit the right tone early -- empathetic yet brutally honest -- and Douglas' absorbing, minutely detailed performance sustains it.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
Solitary Man intends to be shocking, and has been rewarded with some respectful reviews. But ticket buyer beware -- the film's real shocker is its unpleasantness.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
The bumps in the narrative can be jarring, but Douglas never makes a false move, delivering a tour de force in human weakness.
New York Daily News
Joe Neumaier
Solitary Man is a movie about watching a guy spin his wheels while figuring things out. Douglas has that down pat, selling us the best smarm money can buy, and his scenes with DeVito, Parker and Sarandon are perfect dances of evasion and acceptance.
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