The 100 Greatest movies of the 1990s #27. Casino (64 Viewers)

[KarmaPolice]

I liked As Good As It Gets. I watched it again maybe 2-3 years ago. It’s overstated here here but I still liked it a lot.

Is it in your top 40? 100?

Wait I actually did this with KP so I can look and I put it at…47. Looking at the list now, I think I had it maybe 20 spots too high.

LOL. I was about to reply "if only you made a list of your top 100 90s movies to refer to".

 

[KarmaPolice]

Although I think Hunt is a tremendous actor, I don't consider this her best role and was surprised she won the Oscar for this.

You seem like a Twister guy.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Is the 90s generally considered a good, bad, or average decade for movies?

I think the 90s were good — much better than the 80s. Rise of independent film led to a lot of films that would not have been made only a decade earlier.

Yeah I would say 90s is considered one of the best decades ever. Right?

I think so, but it's also the decade many of us in here were moving from adolescence to adulthood, the first time many of the movies we watched involved topics germane to our own lives. We were kids in the 80s and by the aughts many of us were having kids.

So the 90s is a decade that marked our journeys into independence and we could identify with many of the characters in many of the films as they too struggled with things like finances, love, sexuality, infidelity, addiction and trying to find purpose and meaning. At least for me.

So while I sure did enjoy movies like Forrest Gump or Independence Day, movies like Swingers, As Good as it Gets etc really resonated with me. Movies about real people dealing with real issues and the struggle for identity and acceptance.

I didn't need more car chases or explosions. I needed films to speak to me and the 90s delivered these in droves.

I think you just might like Sound of Metal.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Lebowski would be in my top 5 for the decade for sure. Possibly #1.

I didn’t love it the first time I saw it I think it gets better every time I watch it

This is my reaction as well. It is also why I rewatch movies - some movies (and musicians) need to grow on me, and those often turn into my all-time favorites. I also really disliked Pulp Fiction when I first saw it.

 

[BeTheMatch]

Lebowski is #1. This isn't 'Nam!!

 

[TripItUp]

29. The Big Lebowski (1998)

Directed by: The Coen Brothers

Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Sam Elliot, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi

No comments necessary.

Trip's Official Ruling: Appropriately Ranked

 

[General Malaise]

Lebowski would be in my top 5 for the decade for sure. Possibly #1.

Is the 90s generally considered a good, bad, or average decade for movies?

I think the 90s were good — much better than the 80s. Rise of independent film led to a lot of films that would not have been made only a decade earlier.

Yeah I would say 90s is considered one of the best decades ever. Right?

I think so, but it's also the decade many of us in here were moving from adolescence to adulthood, the first time many of the movies we watched involved topics germane to our own lives. We were kids in the 80s and by the aughts many of us were having kids.

So the 90s is a decade that marked our journeys into independence and we could identify with many of the characters in many of the films as they too struggled with things like finances, love, sexuality, infidelity, addiction and trying to find purpose and meaning. At least for me.

So while I sure did enjoy movies like Forrest Gump or Independence Day, movies like Swingers, As Good as it Gets etc really resonated with me. Movies about real people dealing with real issues and the struggle for identity and acceptance.

I didn't need more car chases or explosions. I needed films to speak to me and the 90s delivered these in droves.

I think you just might like Sound of Metal.

I'm going to watch this tonight. Thanks GB!

Also, sorry for being mean.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Lebowski would be in my top 5 for the decade for sure. Possibly #1.

Is the 90s generally considered a good, bad, or average decade for movies?

I think the 90s were good — much better than the 80s. Rise of independent film led to a lot of films that would not have been made only a decade earlier.

Yeah I would say 90s is considered one of the best decades ever. Right?

I think so, but it's also the decade many of us in here were moving from adolescence to adulthood, the first time many of the movies we watched involved topics germane to our own lives. We were kids in the 80s and by the aughts many of us were having kids.

So the 90s is a decade that marked our journeys into independence and we could identify with many of the characters in many of the films as they too struggled with things like finances, love, sexuality, infidelity, addiction and trying to find purpose and meaning. At least for me.

So while I sure did enjoy movies like Forrest Gump or Independence Day, movies like Swingers, As Good as it Gets etc really resonated with me. Movies about real people dealing with real issues and the struggle for identity and acceptance.

I didn't need more car chases or explosions. I needed films to speak to me and the 90s delivered these in droves.

I think you just might like Sound of Metal.

I'm going to watch this tonight. Thanks GB!

Also, sorry for being mean.

Whatchu talkin' about, Willis?

 

[Gr00vus]

This countdown needs some Jonny Lee Miller soon

And no not that one

Do you see the beast moneypenny?

 

[FarFromHome]

Lebowski would be in my top 5 for the decade for sure. Possibly #1.

Yeah, well. Your know, that's like your opinion man .

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

29. The Big Lebowski (1998)

Directed by: The Coen Brothers

Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Sam Elliot, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi

No comments necessary.

Trip's Official Ruling: Appropriately Ranked

well that's just your "opinion" man - and from your contributions over the years that "opinion" has earned you a 2 thumbs down

 

[Nick Vermeil]

A movie can be good without being memorable but a movie being memorable or quoteable doesn't necessarily make it good either.

Can you blow me where the Pampers is?

 

[Gr00vus]

Lebowski would be in my top 5 for the decade for sure. Possibly #1.

Yeah, well. Your know, that's like your opinion man .

This aggression will not stand.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

A movie can be good without being memorable but a movie being memorable or quoteable doesn't necessarily make it good either.

Can you blow me where the Pampers is?

hey, I liked PCU!

 

[KarmaPolice]

Does this place look like I'm ****ing married? The toilet seat's up, man!

 

[BeTheMatch]

29. The Big Lebowski (1998)

Directed by: The Coen Brothers

Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Sam Elliot, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi

No comments necessary.

Trip's Official Ruling: Appropriately Ranked

well that's just your "opinion" man - and from your contributions over the years that "opinion" has earned you a 2 thumbs down

You have no frame of reference. You're like a child who wanders into a movie and wants to know.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

29. The Big Lebowski (1998)

Directed by: The Coen Brothers

Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Sam Elliot, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi

No comments necessary.

Trip's Official Ruling: Appropriately Ranked

well that's just your "opinion" man - and from your contributions over the years that "opinion" has earned you a 2 thumbs down

You have no frame of reference. You're like a child who wanders into a movie and wants to know.

Don’t be fatuous Jeffrey

 

[Manster]

Lebowski is #1. This isn't 'Nam!!

Obviously, Tims not a golfer

 

[KarmaPolice]

29. The Big Lebowski (1998)

Directed by: The Coen Brothers

Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Sam Elliot, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi

No comments necessary.

Trip's Official Ruling: Appropriately Ranked

well that's just your "opinion" man - and from your contributions over the years that "opinion" has earned you a 2 thumbs down

You have no frame of reference. You're like a child who wanders into a movie and wants to know.

Don’t be fatuous Jeffrey

My favorite Maude is "the story is ludicrous"

 

[Manster]

Where does Logjammin' show up on this list? Might be Jackie Treehorn's finest work.

 

[rockaction]

29. The Big Lebowski (1998)

Directed by: The Coen Brothers

Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Sam Elliot, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi

Synopsis: After a slacker is mistaken for a millionaire, he is hired to free the millionaire’s wife from a hostage situation.

Nihilists! **** me! I mean, say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, dude, at least it’s an ethos. - John Goodman as Walter Sobchak

I probably really messed up the synopsis for this one. It sounds convoluted. But this is one of the films on this list, like Fight Club and Becoming John Malkovich where the plot matters less than the overall feel…which is quite bizarre. But awesome. So many great lines in this film. I hate the ****ing Eagles! (Speaking of music the soundtrack is great too.)

You got the synopsis, but the plot itself is a breath away from being a MacGuffin. The whole thing is a weirdly wonderful mix of a slacker movie meeting an elective requirement for your political science major.

 

[shuke]

29?

In a row?

 

[Pip's Invitation]

29. The Big Lebowski (1998)

Directed by: The Coen Brothers

Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Sam Elliot, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi

Synopsis: After a slacker is mistaken for a millionaire, he is hired to free the millionaire’s wife from a hostage situation.

Nihilists! **** me! I mean, say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, dude, at least it’s an ethos. - John Goodman as Walter Sobchak

I probably really messed up the synopsis for this one. It sounds convoluted. But this is one of the films on this list, like Fight Club and Becoming John Malkovich where the plot matters less than the overall feel…which is quite bizarre. But awesome. So many great lines in this film. I hate the ****ing Eagles! (Speaking of music the soundtrack is great too.)

Like Office Space, I have basically memorized this movie and it is one of my favorites.

The plot is not the point, like, at all. The Dude gets dragged into the storyline by accident. It's about how he and his friends respond to it.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Leads, yeah, sure. I'll just check with the boys down at the crime lab, they've got four more detectives working on the case. They got us working in shifts!

 

[Pip's Invitation]

29. The Big Lebowski (1998)

Directed by: The Coen Brothers

Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Sam Elliot, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi

No comments necessary.

Trip's Official Ruling: Appropriately Ranked

well that's just your "opinion" man - and from your contributions over the years that "opinion" has earned you a 2 thumbs down

You have no frame of reference. You're like a child who wanders into a movie and wants to know.

Don’t be fatuous Jeffrey

My favorite Maude is "the story is ludicrous"

"You can IMAGINE what happens next."

"He fixes the cable?"

 

[Zow]

@timschochet

Where does Logjammin' show up on this list? Might be Jackie Treehorn's finest work.

He makes a hell of a Caucasian.

 

[Zow]

I have literally said in court, “this is not a first amendment thing!”

 

[Manster]

29. The Big Lebowski (1998)

Directed by: The Coen Brothers

Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Sam Elliot, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi

Synopsis: After a slacker is mistaken for a millionaire, he is hired to free the millionaire’s wife from a hostage situation.

Nihilists! **** me! I mean, say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, dude, at least it’s an ethos. - John Goodman as Walter Sobchak

I probably really messed up the synopsis for this one. It sounds convoluted. But this is one of the films on this list, like Fight Club and Becoming John Malkovich where the plot matters less than the overall feel…which is quite bizarre. But awesome. So many great lines in this film. I hate the ****ing Eagles! (Speaking of music the soundtrack is great too.)

Like Office Space, I have basically memorized this movie and it is one of my favorites.

The plot is not the point, like, at all. The Dude gets dragged into the storyline by accident. It's about how he and his friends respond to it.

Quite possibly my two favorite 90's flicks

 

[zamboni]

Although I think Hunt is a tremendous actor, I don't consider this her best role and was surprised she won the Oscar for this.

Showed her acting chops very early on.

Also her fantasy value.

 

[rockaction]

29. The Big Lebowski (1998)

Directed by: The Coen Brothers

Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Sam Elliot, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi

Synopsis: After a slacker is mistaken for a millionaire, he is hired to free the millionaire’s wife from a hostage situation.

Nihilists! **** me! I mean, say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, dude, at least it’s an ethos. - John Goodman as Walter Sobchak

I probably really messed up the synopsis for this one. It sounds convoluted. But this is one of the films on this list, like Fight Club and Becoming John Malkovich where the plot matters less than the overall feel…which is quite bizarre. But awesome. So many great lines in this film. I hate the ****ing Eagles! (Speaking of music the soundtrack is great too.)

Like Office Space, I have basically memorized this movie and it is one of my favorites.

The plot is not the point, like, at all. The Dude gets dragged into the storyline by accident. It's about how he and his friends respond to it.

Quite possibly my two favorite 90's flicks

They were both timely and maybe the most enduring encapsulations of the decade’s spirit. Office Space put you immediately in the ‘90s with its surprisingly astute and unflinching realism, while Big Lebowski placed you in the decade, but its fantastical, dream-like sequences made you conscious of experiencing only a temporary moment within the reality of a longer historical arc

 

[Ghost Rider]

The Big Lebowski would be top 3 for the 90s if I made my own list.

Ranking it 29th? A bunch of amateurs.

 

[Don Quixote]

The Big Lebowski would be top 3 for the 90s if I made my own list.

Ranking it 29th? A bunch of amateurs.

You realize this is just Tim’s list, right?

 

[Ghost Rider]

The Big Lebowski would be top 3 for the 90s if I made my own list.

Ranking it 29th? A bunch of amateurs.

You realize this is just Tim’s list, right?

I think the Lebowski quote just went over your head.

 

[Don Quixote]

The Big Lebowski would be top 3 for the 90s if I made my own list.

Ranking it 29th? A bunch of amateurs.

You realize this is just Tim’s list, right?

I think the Lebowski quote just went over your head.

Ah, gotcha.

 

[timschochet]

28. Ed Wood (1994)

Directed by: Tim Burton

Starring: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker

Synopsis: A Hollywood director makes the worst films of all time.

Pull the string! Pull the string! - Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi

So I think this is Tim Burton’s best film of all time. It’s essentially a character study of some real life Hollywood misfits. Despite being a colossal failure at everything he attempts, Depp’s Ed Wood is an irrepressible optimist. But the real star of the movie is Landau, who manages to offer great humor, sadness, and melancholy. Somehow his Lugosi is both way over the top and real at the same time.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

28. Ed Wood (1994)

Directed by: Tim Burton

Starring: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker

Synopsis: A Hollywood director makes the worst films of all time.

Pull the string! Pull the string! - Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi

So I think this is Tim Burton’s best film of all time. It’s essentially a character study of some real life Hollywood misfits. Despite being a colossal failure at everything he attempts, Depp’s Ed Wood is an irrepressible optimist. But the real star of the movie is Landau, who manages to offer great humor, sadness, and melancholy. Somehow his Lugosi is both way over the top and real at the same time.

Landau's performance is all time great in this.

 

[Gally]

I have only seen Lebowski once and it was fine. I didn't get all the hub-bub about it. It has some moments but overall it was just meh. I don't really have a desire to watch it again.

 

[dgreen]

I have only seen Lebowski once and it was fine. I didn't get all the hub-bub about it. It has some moments but overall it was just meh. I don't really have a desire to watch it again.

Similar for me. I watched it years after it first came out and I heard so many great things about it. I don't remember much about it. I certainly didn't think it was bad but I've also never bothered to watch again. IIRC, there were a lot of laughs in the first half and then most of the second half was unremarkable (in the laugh department, at least). I have been meaning to rewatch it, though.

 

[Gr00vus]

28. Ed Wood (1994)

Directed by: Tim Burton

Starring: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker

Synopsis: A Hollywood director makes the worst films of all time.

Pull the string! Pull the string! - Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi

So I think this is Tim Burton’s best film of all time. It’s essentially a character study of some real life Hollywood misfits. Despite being a colossal failure at everything he attempts, Depp’s Ed Wood is an irrepressible optimist. But the real star of the movie is Landau, who manages to offer great humor, sadness, and melancholy. Somehow his Lugosi is both way over the top and real at the same time.

Landau's performance is all time great in this.

A fantastic job, the way he channelled arrogance, desperation, despair, petulance, resignation simultaneously - just incredible.

 

[Charlie Steiner]

28. Ed Wood (1994)

Directed by: Tim Burton

Starring: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker

Synopsis: A Hollywood director makes the worst films of all time.

Pull the string! Pull the string! - Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi

So I think this is Tim Burton’s best film of all time. It’s essentially a character study of some real life Hollywood misfits. Despite being a colossal failure at everything he attempts, Depp’s Ed Wood is an irrepressible optimist. But the real star of the movie is Landau, who manages to offer great humor, sadness, and melancholy. Somehow his Lugosi is both way over the top and real at the same time.

Landau's performance is all time great in this.

A fantastic job, the way he channelled arrogance, desperation, despair, petulance, resignation simultaneously - just incredible.

Loved the tirade when he was confused for Boris Karloff.

 

[General Malaise]

29. The Big Lebowski (1998)

Directed by: The Coen Brothers

Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Sam Elliot, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi

Synopsis: After a slacker is mistaken for a millionaire, he is hired to free the millionaire’s wife from a hostage situation.

Nihilists! **** me! I mean, say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, dude, at least it’s an ethos. - John Goodman as Walter Sobchak

I probably really messed up the synopsis for this one. It sounds convoluted. But this is one of the films on this list, like Fight Club and Becoming John Malkovich where the plot matters less than the overall feel…which is quite bizarre. But awesome. So many great lines in this film. I hate the ****ing Eagles! (Speaking of music the soundtrack is great too.)

Watched this last night. It really drags on but still a fun ride. John Goodman is a treasure.

 

[General Malaise]

Is the 90s generally considered a good, bad, or average decade for movies?

I think the 90s were good — much better than the 80s. Rise of independent film led to a lot of films that would not have been made only a decade earlier.

Yeah I would say 90s is considered one of the best decades ever. Right?

I think so, but it's also the decade many of us in here were moving from adolescence to adulthood, the first time many of the movies we watched involved topics germane to our own lives. We were kids in the 80s and by the aughts many of us were having kids.

So the 90s is a decade that marked our journeys into independence and we could identify with many of the characters in many of the films as they too struggled with things like finances, love, sexuality, infidelity, addiction and trying to find purpose and meaning. At least for me.

So while I sure did enjoy movies like Forrest Gump or Independence Day, movies like Swingers, As Good as it Gets etc really resonated with me. Movies about real people dealing with real issues and the struggle for identity and acceptance.

I didn't need more car chases or explosions. I needed films to speak to me and the 90s delivered these in droves.

I think you just might like Sound of Metal.

That's the plan for tonight!

I got sidetracked by The Big Lebowski

 

[KarmaPolice]

Is the 90s generally considered a good, bad, or average decade for movies?

I think the 90s were good — much better than the 80s. Rise of independent film led to a lot of films that would not have been made only a decade earlier.

Yeah I would say 90s is considered one of the best decades ever. Right?

I think so, but it's also the decade many of us in here were moving from adolescence to adulthood, the first time many of the movies we watched involved topics germane to our own lives. We were kids in the 80s and by the aughts many of us were having kids.

So the 90s is a decade that marked our journeys into independence and we could identify with many of the characters in many of the films as they too struggled with things like finances, love, sexuality, infidelity, addiction and trying to find purpose and meaning. At least for me.

So while I sure did enjoy movies like Forrest Gump or Independence Day, movies like Swingers, As Good as it Gets etc really resonated with me. Movies about real people dealing with real issues and the struggle for identity and acceptance.

I didn't need more car chases or explosions. I needed films to speak to me and the 90s delivered these in droves.

I think you just might like Sound of Metal,

That's the plan for tonight!

I got sidetracked by The Big Lebowski

Lol. I almost watched it again last night. Instead, I clicked on The Wrestler.

Eta: i meant watched Lebowski, not SoM

 

[timschochet]

27. Casino (1995)

Directed by: Martin Scorcese

Starring: Robert DeNiro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods, Don Rickles

Synopsis: A professional gambler introduces sports betting to the Las Vegas casinos.

A lot of holes in the desert, and a lot of problems are buried in those holes.- Joe Pesci as Nicky Santoro

So what if it’s basically three more hours of Goodfellas with a lot of the same actors (Pesci in particular plays pretty much the exact same guy) but not quite as good as Goodfellas? That’s good enough for me. I mean whaddya whaddya? It’s three more hours of Goodfellas!
Love Sharon Stone in this. Man what an evil ***** she is.

 

[Zow]

Is the 90s generally considered a good, bad, or average decade for movies?

I think the 90s were good — much better than the 80s. Rise of independent film led to a lot of films that would not have been made only a decade earlier.

Yeah I would say 90s is considered one of the best decades ever. Right?

I think so, but it's also the decade many of us in here were moving from adolescence to adulthood, the first time many of the movies we watched involved topics germane to our own lives. We were kids in the 80s and by the aughts many of us were having kids.

So the 90s is a decade that marked our journeys into independence and we could identify with many of the characters in many of the films as they too struggled with things like finances, love, sexuality, infidelity, addiction and trying to find purpose and meaning. At least for me.

So while I sure did enjoy movies like Forrest Gump or Independence Day, movies like Swingers, As Good as it Gets etc really resonated with me. Movies about real people dealing with real issues and the struggle for identity and acceptance.

I didn't need more car chases or explosions. I needed films to speak to me and the 90s delivered these in droves.

I think you just might like Sound of Metal,

That's the plan for tonight!

I got sidetracked by The Big Lebowski

Lol. I almost watched it again last night. Instead, I clicked on The Wrestler.

Eta: i meant watched Lebowski, not SoM

Love this movie.

 

[Dennis Castro]

27. Casino (1995)

Directed by: Martin Scorcese

Starring: Robert DeNiro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods, Don Rickles

Synopsis: A professional gambler introduces sports betting to the Las Vegas casinos.

A lot of holes in the desert, and a lot of problems are buried in those holes.- Joe Pesci as Nicky Santoro

So what if it’s basically three more hours of Goodfellas with a lot of the same actors (Pesci in particular plays pretty much the exact same guy) but not quite as good as Goodfellas? That’s good enough for me. I mean whaddya whaddya? It’s three more hours of Goodfellas!
Love Sharon Stone in this. Man what an evil ***** she is.

No spotlighting!

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

I do go to the casino every once in awhile

 

[Todem]

30. As Good As It Gets (1997)

Directed by: James Brooks

Starring: Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear

Synopsis: Relationship builds between an eccentric novelist and a struggling waitress.

(Asked how he writes women so well.) I think of a man, and take away reason and accountability. - Jack Nicholson as Melvin Udall

Not that I’m any kind of romcom specialist but if I had to rank the all timers this might be towards or at the top of the list. Nicholson plays a guy who is a bigot, a chauvinist, also with some sort of autism or Asperger’s and for all that is actually likable. Hunt is even more likable and Greg Kinnear offers perhaps his best actining performance. This is a really smart, well done movie.

Arguably top 5

 

[Todem]

Although I think Hunt is a tremendous actor, I don't consider this her best role and was surprised she won the Oscar for this.

You seem like a Twister guy.

Twister rules.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Is the 90s generally considered a good, bad, or average decade for movies?

I think the 90s were good — much better than the 80s. Rise of independent film led to a lot of films that would not have been made only a decade earlier.

Yeah I would say 90s is considered one of the best decades ever. Right?

I think so, but it's also the decade many of us in here were moving from adolescence to adulthood, the first time many of the movies we watched involved topics germane to our own lives. We were kids in the 80s and by the aughts many of us were having kids.

So the 90s is a decade that marked our journeys into independence and we could identify with many of the characters in many of the films as they too struggled with things like finances, love, sexuality, infidelity, addiction and trying to find purpose and meaning. At least for me.

So while I sure did enjoy movies like Forrest Gump or Independence Day, movies like Swingers, As Good as it Gets etc really resonated with me. Movies about real people dealing with real issues and the struggle for identity and acceptance.

I didn't need more car chases or explosions. I needed films to speak to me and the 90s delivered these in droves.

I think you just might like Sound of Metal,

That's the plan for tonight!

I got sidetracked by The Big Lebowski

Lol. I almost watched it again last night. Instead, I clicked on The Wrestler.

Eta: i meant watched Lebowski, not SoM

Love this movie.

I forget how much I used to look forward to a new Aronofsky in the 00s. This one is a tough one for me. I love it because I seem to gravitate to movies about obsessive, singularly focused people, but I struggle with stories about bad dads sometimes. The scenes with his daughter gut me.