Following a broken engagement, sometime photographer Leonard Kraditor (Joaquin Phoenix) moves in with his parents in Brighton Beach. He soon becomes involved with Sandra (Vinessa Shaw), an honest and sensible young woman. They appear to be a perfect match, then Michelle (Gwyneth Paltrow) enters the picture. Beautiful but manipulative, she wraps him around her finger, even though she has a rich, married boyfriend.
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Joaquin Phoenix has been having a rough time in the media lately. There was the mumbled charity-benefit announcement that he was retiring from acting. The David Letterman appearance where he was so silent and awkward that Letterman eventually quipped, "I'm sorry you couldn't be here tonight." Ben Stiller's Academy Awards routine, where he chewed gum, donned a matted wig and beard and wandered vaguely around the stage, was a clear imitation of Phoenix's recent appearances. In the space of a month, Phoenix has become an easy visual joke. (Full review)