Trying to hard to be hip and cool
Keaton nails it though as usual.
shareWell, to chime in here - sorry, I have to disagree.
Yes, it tries a bit too hard to be hip and cool. No disagreement there.
Keaton, yeah he shows up, he does his thing. But to me , he doesn't work in this role.
Keaton shines with edgier material. A perfect example is the miniseries "Dopesick". Outstanding performance. ANother example is a film called "Clean and Sober". He plays a coke head trying to clean up his act. He was just right in that role.
In "Goodrich" one isn't claiming Keaton's work was poor - only that he was miscast.