Nearly a year after his death, Robin Williams' final on-screen performance (he has done voice work for a film scheduled for a 2016 release) is hitting theaters in the Dito Montiel-directed drama, Boulevard. It is a sad, touching movie, made all the more sad and touching for it starring Williams. Watching Boulevard it is all but impossible to not read into every little detail looking for clues about the actor's mindset.
The story itself finds Williams playing a low-level bank employee, Nolan Mack. Nolan has a wife, Joy (Kathy Baker), whom he loves and who loves him, but the two do not share a bedroom. They don't even talk all that much anymore. Nolan is an unhappy man despite his wife, the presence of a good friend (Bob Odenkirk), and the chance of a promotion at the bank. This is partially caused by caring for an ill father, but there's something more than that bothering Nolan. There is something missing and a sense of sadness that Nolan attempts to alleviate by picking up a male prostitute, Leo (Roberto Aguire). He doesn't have sex with Leo, but Nolan does spend a lot of time in his company and over the course of the movie the two form a relationship.
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The story itself finds Williams playing a low-level bank employee, Nolan Mack. Nolan has a wife, Joy (Kathy Baker), whom he loves and who loves him, but the two do not share a bedroom. They don't even talk all that much anymore. Nolan is an unhappy man despite his wife, the presence of a good friend (Bob Odenkirk), and the chance of a promotion at the bank. This is partially caused by caring for an ill father, but there's something more than that bothering Nolan. There is something missing and a sense of sadness that Nolan attempts to alleviate by picking up a male prostitute, Leo (Roberto Aguire). He doesn't have sex with Leo, but Nolan does spend a lot of time in his company and over the course of the movie the two form a relationship.
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