Jeri Jacquin
Coming to Bluray/DVD and Digital from director Simon Kaijser
and Lionsgate comes the story of what happens when what you believe and what is
real can cause one to become a SPINNING MAN.
Evan Birch (Guy Pearce) is a philosophy college professor
living with wife Ellen (Minnie Driver) and daughter Zelda (Eliza Pryor) and son
Adam (Noah Salsbury Lipson). Life is
idyllic until a young high school cheerleader goes missing bringing Det. Robert
Malloy (Pierce Brosnan) on the case.
Evan goes about his business until there is a knock on his
door asking to search his car. Both he and Ellen aren’t sure what is happening
or what Evan is being accused of. Reaching out to their family lawyer friend
Paul (Clark Gregg), he is asked straight out if there is any chance of
involvement.
Upset that anyone would think so, it becomes even more
difficult when evidence is found in the car and stories don’t match up. Det.
Mallory isn’t making it easy either by planting suspicions in Ellen’s mind. She
immediately makes it clear to Evan that she isn’t going to cover for him.
The only light to his days is that of student Anna
(Alexandra Shipp) who doesn’t ask much of him other than coffee and talk about
his book. As Evan waits for the police to find the missing cheerleader, his
mind begins to chase between what is real and the truth.
Both are a matter of life and death.
Pearce as Evan is a man who absolutely has command of the
classroom and the subject he is teaching. Living the stereotype of an
attractive man professor and yet he is jittery that no one believes in his
innocence in all things. Trying to balance his life, his secrets and his
persona is what could be his undoing. There is something about Pearce on the
screen from PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT to L.A.
Brosnan as Det. Malloy isn’t ruffled in the slightest by
anything that Evan says or does. He is one slick policeman when he plants little
hints around the wife to get help in solving the case. There are even moments
where it is easy to forget he is a cop when in the car with Evan which is,
after all, what makes a good cop. Brosnan is still fun to watch and this role
gives him grit.
Driver as Ellen is the dutiful wife and stands by her man,
even if she’s done it more times that she would like. She also isn’t helping
the police much in their investigation but that doesn’t mean she isn’t doing a
little home detective work of her own. Driver gives character Evan a little
public ‘what for’ shaming and I
actually applauded her. It’s good to bend but Driver doesn’t break.
Shipp as Anna is a nice diversion to Evan’s problems and
this is certainly the type of student a professor should run from – and run
fast! Pryor as Zelda is at that age where parents can be embarrassing and this
is just a few steps past the norm. Gregg as lawyer Paul is trying to get his
client to stop talking and I suggest superglue to the lips!
Other cast include Jamie Kennedy as Ross, Sean Blakemore as
Killian, Jeannie Austin as Barbara, Natasha Bassett as Carrie, Sterling Beaumon
as Matt, Patrika Darbo as Kelly, Jennie Fahn as Irene and Odeya Rush as Joyce
Bonner.
Lionsgate is a global leader in motion picture production
and distribution for theatres, television, home entertainment and more. Theater
franchises include THE HUNGER GAMES, and DIVERGENT along with JOHN WICK. Now,
adding this film to it’s 16,000 motion picture and television titles you can
see everything coming soon as well as available now at http://www.lionsgate.com.
The Bluray and Digital include the Special Features of Deleted Scenes, Inside SPINNING MAN
Director’s Commentary and Trailer
Gallery. SPINNING MAN is based on the book The Spinning Man by George Harrar.
SPINNING MAN is a cat and mouse game and most of it is being
played by Pearce’s character. All of his antics begin to meld together and that
causes him to have problems knowing what the facts are and what is the mind
just playing stress tricks. The addition of Brosnan’s character is that of a
cop who will let a person hang themselves because he’s got all the time in the
world to wait.
Pearce is definitely juggling this character and where it
all falls is anybody’s guess – right up until the very last second. That’s what
makes a good psychological thriller and this qualifies.
In the end – what you believe and what you know is all in
how you spin it!
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