Movie Review

THE LEADING MAN (1998)

EW's GRADE
B

Details Rated: R; Genre: Drama; With: Jon Bon Jovi, Anna Galiena, Lambert Wilson and Thandie Newton

THE LEADING MAN (R) On screen, Jon Bon Jovi is the rare rock star who knows how to underplay. It helps that he's cast as a character close to himself -- a shaggy-haired movie idol named Robin Grange who shows up in London, complete with ''anonymous'' Val Kilmer sunglasses, to make his stage debut. A lothario of awesome charm and guile, Robin is never more deceptive than when he's exploiting his smooth sincerity. The Leading Man is just a canny soap opera, but Bon Jovi, as Robin, seduces everyone in sight, including the audience. B

Originally posted Mar 27, 1998 Published in issue #424 Mar 27, 1998 Order article reprints
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