Kaleidoscopic: Jason Bateman in State of Play

In this week's Kaleidoscope, I wrote about Jason Bateman's role in the recently released State of Play. Here's what I said:

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Kaleidoscopic: Jason Bateman in State of Play

POSTED: Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 9:44 PM

Filed Under: Kaleidoscopic | Movies trailer!

In this week's Kaleidoscope, I wrote about Jason Bateman's role in the recently released State of Play. Here's what I said:

It could have been a throwaway part played by some no-name. But Jason Bateman takes his role as the slicked-back hack in State of Play (see Sam Adams' review) and runs with it, showing up three Oscar winners in the process. Bateman brings humor and humanity to the sleazoid Dominic Foy, and inserts some much-needed levity into the oh-so-intense third act. Bateman's main fault in the film? He's not in it nearly enough.

Sam Adams, who reviewed the film, agreed:

The most satisfying characters are those we don't expect depth from: Helen Mirren's salty editor or Jason Bateman as a PR agent whose oiled-back hair suggests a species of burrowing rodent. Director Kevin Macdonald relies on his actors' charisma to fill in the gaps, a strategy that works for the length of the film if it doesn't leave much to mull over afterward.

Because Bateman has an important part in the film's third act, no clips would do him justice without completely spoiling the movie. For the same reasons, he's not in the trailer much. But here is is anyway:

But these vids don't really prove Bateman's inherent genius as a character actor. So here is the best scene of Teen Wolf Too:

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