Neo-noir that lacks suspense
“The Big Fix” stars Richard Dreyfuss as Moses Wine, a character created by Roger L. Simon in a series of private-eye novels. A former Berkeley 1960’s radical, Moses by 1978 has abandoned his rebellious idealism and moved to Los Angeles to work as a private detective. A divorced father who tracks down leads while babysitting for his two young sons, he’s a modern version of the classic noir private eye with far less menace and a lot more angst. His former wife (Bonnie Bedelia) divorced him because he refused to become a lawyer and provide security for the family. She is living with her New Age guru (Ron Rifkin) while Moses ekes out a living taking such unremarkable jobs as checking out fraud at a poultry packing plant.<br /><br />A knock on his door brings back a girlfriend from his past — Lila Shay (Susan Anspach). Lila works for a political candidate whose campaign is being undermined by propaganda tying him to Howard Eppis (F. Murray Abraham), a notorious 60s radical who has gone underground. Lila offers Moses a job: find out who’s printing the damaging pamphlets and locate Eppis. Moses is happy to see his old love and, needing the cash, quickly accepts the job. He meets with campaign manager Sam Sebastian (John Lithgow), who gives him some expense money and suggests places to start his investigation.<br /><br />At this point, the film becomes a procedural as Moses attempts to make sense of things he learns during his investigation, which leads in unexpected and dangerous directions. The story meanders through politics, hidden motives, domestic conflict, and murder. Moses is depicted as a cool guy, smarter than law enforcement, who is passionate about his job, even while trying to be a father to his boys. That’s the personal touch. Moses may be good at his job, but comes up short as a dad.<br /><br />Director Jeremy Kagan does a fairly effective job with an established Hollywood genre but never really grabs the viewer because of the movie’s many tendrils. He establishes Moses as a not-very-successful private eye who gets a chance to get his teeth into a bigger case than he’s ever had, one that’s become extremely personal due to tragic developments.<br /><br /> Dreyfuss is natural in the scenes with his kids and in some early wisecracking moments when we see that this down-on-his luck guy has a huge chip on his shoulder, made heavier by his personal problems. But he overacts in a few critical scenes as if he’s still the obsessed, near-crazed Roy Neary of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”<br /><br />“The Big Fix” is a middling neo-noir that tries to recall the key ingredients of classic noir but never achieves adequate suspense with a less-than-compelling story.<br /><br />Bonus materials include an isolated music soundtrack, theatrical trailer, Twilight Time catalogue, and a booklet.
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