Thursday, November 27, 2025

Jay Kelly - 2 1/2 Stars - THEATERS - November 25, 2025 NETFLIX - December 5, 2025

George Clooney might actually be Jay Kelly, the new character in the same named movie.  Now approaching his 60s, Kelly rethinks his life---including choices that on reflection seem arrogant, selfish, or even cruel.  A chance encounter with a college friend ends in a fistfight touching off the character's re-appraisal of his life.  Jay Kelly has some nice supporting characters, particularly Adam Sandler as Kelly's business manager/handler.  But as Casablanca puts it "The problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world."  Same with Jay Kelly.  This plot's been around forever.  Nothing new here.