Second Best is the story of five male baby boomers all nearing 50. They graduated from college together, ready to take on the world, but only one of the group has done exceptionally well. His visit back East to hang out with the old gang triggers the most intense feelings of inadequacy and "second bestness," particularly in his oldest and closest friend.... (Full plot summary below)
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Second Best is the story of five male baby boomers all nearing 50. They graduated from college together, ready to take on the world, but only one of the group has done exceptionally well. His visit back East to hang out with the old gang triggers the most intense feelings of inadequacy and "second bestness," particularly in his oldest and closest friend.
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| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanSecond Best might have made a good stage monologue, but as a film it's overstated and barely baked. |
| L.A. WeeklyJake TracerIt tries too hard for sincerity, when it's actually more sincere when cynical. Filmed in 17 days with hand-held cameras that give it a home-movie feel, the movie takes blue-collar pride in its own hopelessness. |
| eFilmCritic.comErik ChildressPantoliano has proved not only what an invaluable character actor he is but what a brilliant ACTOR he is, sans any adjective you can choose to lavish praise upon him. |
| Newark Star-LedgerStephen WhittyUnfortunately there's nothing very sympathetic about Elliot, or even interesting. |
| TV GuideMaitland McDonaghWeber's losers really are losers -- envious, spiteful, complacent, mean-spirited and ultimately boring malcontents pickled in their own poison, and they drag his film down with them. |
| Filmcritic.comChris BarsantiAn embittered writer's movie about the coruscating damage of jealousy and the impossibility of finding nobility in failure |
| User ReviewPrivate Ugreat movie, reminds me of sideways, but with an author. Jennifer Tilly shows up in lingerie, hot as usual. Guaranteed to make you feel better about yourself and in this day in age that is all a movie should do. |
| User ReviewHeather MInteresting, well acted dramedy. Joe Pantoliano is very good as a self-professed loser coming to terms with who he is and what life is really all about for those deemed second best. |
