Solitary Man (2010)

Michael Douglas in what is a bit of a departure for him: playing a slick, reptilian jerk. Oh, wait. Starts off with him getting grim news from a doctor...a scene that's a little hard to watch, considering. It then jumps forward six years, after he's alienated every friend and family member being the world's biggest asshole. He spends ninety-five percent of the movie being a dumb, selfish twat, only to have scenes of him finally being a "swell guy" tacked on at the end. Every couple of years there is a movie like this. I guess it's wish fulfillment for middle aged men. They can be the pricks they want to be, yet they can toss out some breadcrumbs of kindness and bullshit about being a man and all is forgiven. ("No, honey, you're wrong, I wasn't fucking chicks behind your back because I didn't love you, I did it because I was hurting, couldn't you see that?") This is very similar to the vastly superior "Wonder Boys", watch that instead.