Julian Sklar was once a famous artist who’s paintings were sold for millions, in an attempt to actually have some inheritance when he dies his children hire a forger to complete some of his unfinished work. This decends into a rather interesting game for Lori Butler.
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Lori Butler was a failed artist in her own right, or more that she just gave up after a difficult situation. Her talent though was not to be argued with, and she could then actually forge other artists work. I guess that is very impressive in a very different way. She just so happened to go to school with Julian’s daughter Sallie who had enlisted her help to forge the paintings alongside her brother Barnaby.
In what can only be described as a full circle moment with Lori eventually being able to get back at Julian for being the reason that she gave up on actually showcasing her paintings, it made every scene between the pair to mean so much more as she plots her potential revenge. It doesn’t take much though for Julian to work out the plan and then becoming part of it in a very different way.
This film certainly highlights just how brutal family can be when wanting to make money from you when you die. I mean I know in this case he did not seem to have a very good or positive relationship with his children, but that certainly did not excuse their awful behaviour.
An aspect of this film that I really enjoyed was that it fully felt like a play, which is totally one of the reasons why Ian McKellen delivered such a masterclass in acting. You could just tell that he was having so much fun with this one, and quite frankly being directed by Steven Soderbergh must have been great too. Michaela Coel did well enough opposite him, although felt very wooden in the earlier scenes, she gets better as the film goes on.
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