An irritating tale, with little structure. DeNiro's character is so lackluster that empathy is impossible. Indeed, direction was so poor that DeNiro comes off as a shallow man without any direction or purpose other than being miserable. Some big actors in small parts including a nicely underplayed Jack Nicholson. The best part was the bit part played by the trained seal, at least the motivation for his character was clear!
Review of The Last Tycoon
