The caption on the poster, right over the head of a very hairy subject, reads: "A story about wealth, fame, power and... about this guy." A logical question arises: if the first three points are more or less justified, since money and power have always interested mankind, why should the viewer be interested in the adventures of this individual? The answer is that this person is an extremely eccentric person. On this feature and holds the plot, on it and built the narrative as a whole. However, the viewer should take into account the fact that “eccentric” and “interesting” are not epithets. And in this context, almost antonyms. No, I do not mean that the film is absolutely squalid: it has humor, although it does not make you lie under the table, but, most importantly, it is quite decent (except for the exaggerated joke about the former main character who gave a blowjob to all the soloists of one pop group) and viable; and even though the film proceeds quite slowly, but it has a pronounced entanglement, intrigue and epilogue, and, importantly, even the meaning is present in it.
What is the film about? Nethan is the marketing director of a promising car design firm. He belongs to the endangered, in my opinion, species of human beings: kind and ready to help, honest and straightforward. In fact, Netan cares little about social status, probably less than he thinks. Coupled with excessive frankness and inability to build relationships with the authorities, this leads the hero to not the most favorable situation: instead of loudly and aloud praising the little son of his boss, he suddenly becomes interested in the hairstyle of his nanny and is shocked to learn that this design is washed only once a week). It gets worse. When the boss demonstrates a model of a super-energy-saving car, and proudly announces that he decided to call his creation “Howard”, Nethan falls into precipitation, which is not slow to inform others. (No, here I understand it: would you buy a car called Yerzhan or Artem?) Proving long and furiously that people will not want to buy Howard, Nethan comes to the fact that in his heart he quits his job and sells his share of the company. And the next morning he learns that Howard has become a mega-successful brand and beats all the sales hits. At the insistence of his wife, the hero rushes into the office of a former boss/companion/friend part-time, preparing a tirade that everyone is wrong and has the right to forgiveness. Having received a malignant rebuff, Nethan falls under the negative influence of the media, trumpeting about a loser who left the company the day before absolute success. Broken Nethan loses his wife, home, and what is most tragic is a strand of hair on the top.
9 years later Nethan, no, Rolly lives in a remote place and works for a pretty nice old lady. And he is now a nice aging man with a smoothly shaved face and a small piece of hair on his head. Suddenly, his life bursts back into... yes, the very boss whose obnoxious face now adorns the cover of Time magazine. Taking advantage of the fact that no one recognizes Netan in Rollie, he prepares a plan for revenge. Revenge is a dish served cold. In 9 years it has been so cold... But given the not quite adequate imagination of the main character, I am afraid that from his “evil” plans he himself will suffer the most.
I think Finishing the Story is aimed at audiences older than middle age, or just people who are calm and rational. And most importantly, not too aggressive.
The main character is a very nice person, I said. Kate Hudson starred in the film, although she looks faded, but her presence is still a plus. Morality is there. But for a positive assessment, the film still does not pull.