The Night Clerk

what an utter waste of a great cast and one of my favorite genres. the night clerk boasts ana de armas -- far too good for the script she has to work with -- as well as helen hunt and john leguizamo in completely wasted roles where they have nothing to do. instead, the film wears the trappings of neo-noir as seen through the eyes of writer-director michael cristofer. cristofer gives his protagonist, the miscast tye sheridan, asperger's syndrome in a version of the condition that feels like five minutes were spent reading about it on wikipedia, then throws him into a plot where his read more