Maybe Alexander Payne simply stepped out of his comfort zone. Known for well-received black comedies (“Election,” “About Schmidt) and acclaimed character-driven comedy dramas (“The Descendants,” “Nebraska”), Payne went extremely high-concept with 2017’s “Downsizing,” a film with some very clever ideas but one that didn’t resonate with a lot of folks. (It has pretty lousy ratings […]
Maybe Alexander Payne simply stepped out of his comfort zone. Known for well-received black comedies (“Election,” “About Schmidt) and acclaimed character-driven comedy dramas (“The Descendants,” “Nebraska”), Payne went extremely high-concept with 2017’s “Downsizing,” a film with some very clever ideas but one that didn’t resonate with a lot of folks. (It has pretty lousy ratings on Rotten Tomatoes.) His first film since then, “The Holdovers” about the developing bond between a teacher at a New England boarding school and one of its students as they’re stuck together at the school while almost everyone else is gone for winter break […]
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