Billy Wilder’s The Fortune Cookie if retold by Alexander Payne. In Staten Island.
It’s terrific.
Siegel (of “The Onion” and The Wrestler fame) has a solid directorial debut under his belt. It is a small movie, but very well done. He’s a talented MFer and I can’t wait to see what he does next.
Jordan Hoffman is a New York-based writer and film critic working for The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Thrillist, Times of Israel, NY Daily News and elsewhere.
He is the host of ENGAGE: The Official Star Trek Podcast, a member of the New York Film Critics Circle and challenges you to a game of backgammon.
