‘The Offer’ review: Putting together ‘The Godfather’ couldn’t possibly have taken this long.
Narrative fabrications aren’t the problem with “The Offer,” Paramount Plus’s fawning, fancy-free account of how fledgling producer Al Ruddy barely broke a sweat while steering “The Godfather” into movie history.of series creator Michael Tolkin’s narrative inventions is the problem. And if it weren’t for Matthew Goode’s quicksilver portrayal of Paramount mogul and party boy Robert Evans, the roughly 10 hours of “The Offer” would feel like 90.
Undeniably, Ruddy’s success in Hollywood was the stuff of nerve, bluff and acumen plus crazy amounts of luck.
Once Coppola joins Puzo in the adaptation process, the stage is set for an arduous series of casting and production near-fiascos. Al Pacino as Michael? Too short! Unknown! Can’t we make “The Godfather” as a quick-and-dirty gangster movie? Anyone but Brando for the title role! Some things you never outgrow. Temperamentally and sentimentally, I’m a sucker for artistic David vs. corporate Goliath stories.
The actors periodically save it. Goode captures enough of the real-life Evans’ vocal rhythms to keep every one of his scenes cooking, and he makes him a delightful, then scuzzy satyr of unpredictable moods and unerring pacing. Juno Temple, as Ruddy’s secretary / protégé Bettye McCartt, is a tonic, and even periodically breaks top-billed Teller out of his shell.
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