BY MICHAEL GOODPASTER
(FOUR) MAN OF THE YEAR
Remember that Chris Rock movie called “Head of State”? This movie is what happens when you replace black poor guy with rich and white loud mouth political pundit. Robin Williams plays a host who ends up running for President. Goldblum has a supporting role, but he does well with it. The movie is REALLY preachy and Robin Williams is a bit too much to take at times, but Goldblum is just the right amount of jerky in this for it to be fun. I wouldn’t want to watch this movie again, but if I came across it and Goldblum was on the screen I’d give it a few minutes.
(THREE) HOLY MAN
If you’re up really late or really early and flip through the channels you might find this 1998 comedy on occasion. Starring Eddie Murphy as a spiritual happy guy, Goldblum plays a home shopping channel producer who capitalizes on Eddie’s likeability and fame. A lot of critics are quick to pan this movie and it didn’t do well in the box office at all, but it’s not without its charm. Seeing Eddie and Jeff go back and forth makes for some fun scenes.
(TWO) IGBY GOES DOWN
This 2002 indie dramady is very underrated. It stars Kieran Culkin, but also has Claire Danes, Susan Surandon, Amanda Peet, Ryan Philippe, Bill Pullman, Jared Haris, and of course Jeff Goldblum. It’s a coming of age movie of an over privileged emo kid (without the image). On paper the cast sounds a lot cooler than the plot and story, but it ends up being a pretty good movie. Goldblum plays the evil, eccentric, and pimptastic god father to Culkin. He does this over the top and understated at the same time. He makes this already worthy movie something special.
(ONE) LIFE AQUATIC
The movie is great. Bill Murray is great. Owen Wilson, Willem Dafoe, and everyone involved is at their best. If you watch this movie and don’t automatically love it then you’re not human. Jeff plays Murray’s rival and is really only on screen for a short period of time. I still enjoy the hell out of it though. He’s so smug and aloof in it that it almost seems like he’s adlibbing the whole thing. It’s like he was sleeping one night and Wes Anderson, Bill Murray, and Owen Wilson snuck into his loft (of course, Jeff Goldblum would live in a loft) and kid napped him. As if they didn’t give him a script and just threw him on set. It’s just awesome.
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