Two Weeks in Another Town

One of Hollywood's great directors, Vincente Minnelli, turns a jaundiced eye towards the film industry in this drama about the inner workings of the movie business. Jack Andrus (Kirk Douglas) is an actor whose career has gone into a tailspin along with his personal life; after a severe bout with ...more

Some people believe that Two Weeks in Another Town would be more highly regarded had director Vincente Minnelli not made the earlier (and superior) The Bad and the Beautiful. It's more likely that Two Weeks would simply be a better movie if Minnelli hadn't already gone over this territory in the previous film. While Two Weeks has some undeniable strengths, it simply isn't as incisive or as finely detailed and observed as Bad and Beautiful. The characters are poorly drawn, and the script succumbs ...more