Jeff Daniels has never let me down. The guy is a wonderful actor that will rarely show up on anyone’s greatest actors list, but should. He plays such a diverse set of characters and does it well. So who better to pair him up with in a dramatic romance film than Lauren Graham, while stunning is a slight variation the same person in everything I have seen her in.
Jeff and Lauren will star together in The Answer Man:
Jeff Daniels plays a reclusive author of a landmark book that redefined spirituality for a generation. Lauren Graham is a struggling single mom and Lou Taylor Pucci a young man fresh out of rehab. Like many others, they seek out the author because they’re convinced he has all the answers — but he just wants to be left alone.
This is going to play on the stereotype of a super famous recluse falling in love with the only person who doesn’t know who he is, but I am sucked in.
As much as I liked to poke at Lauren Graham’s range of character acting, she does play the sweet lovable single mom role very well and it works for this. And Daniels always appeals to me.
I’d give this a shot.
