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Movie Review: Things Change (Mamet)

It was ok. A simple story about a shoeshiner making a deal with a mob boss and having a last weekend fling in Tahoe. Some amusement, but there didn't seem to be a whole lot there. Not many characters I felt sympathetic towards or related to or was interested in, which was kind of surprising. Seemed pretty formulaic for a Mamet movie. Not that I think his movies are that great, but I wasn't sure why he made this one. Maybe it was early in his career, when he didn't have as much say in things? But that's going pretty offtopic - which reinforced the idea that the movie isn't very gripping.