Billy Crudup’s Performance
Jack is a gifted salesperson, able to deliver a pitch so convincing it hooks in even the most unlikely customer, but selling has become his entire personality. It’s the only way he can function in the life he’s created for himself, where he’s forced to put on a false front not just at work, but in his personal life… especially when he impulsively reconnects with his long-lost son without revealing his true identity to the young man. Thanks to Crudup’s deft performance, we get a sense from the start that Jack has been folded into his lies for so long that he’s almost started to believe them—and we’re already worried about what will happen when his facade starts to crack.
