Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer

— This is a good little film that showcases an actor’s talent but it's also is a neatly packaged tale about a wheeler-dealer who lucks into a ride on an up-and-coming politician's shirttails, only to find out it’s a mixed blessing. Gere’s character is both irritating and likable, and you can’t help but fall into his world and root for his schemes to work. I applaud all efforts to remind us that any praiseworthy event is really the last page of an interwoven story and, ultimately, the people and events elevated to a place in history really represent the sum of all those who came before and behind them, many of whom remain anonymous and unsung. I liked the film a lot and the only slight detractor was music that was sometimes annoying. If you like tidy tragic comedies—or maybe it’s a comic tragedy—it’s well worth checking out.

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[2016. 118 min. Written and directed by Joseph Cedar. Starring Richard Gere, Lior Ashkanazi, and Michael Sheen.]
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/13/movies/norman-review-richard-gere.html