The King of Marvin Gardens

The King of Marvin Gardens (1972) starring Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn. Nicholson and Dern play brothers David and Jason. Jason has wild plans to set up a little empire on the small Hawaiian island of Tiki, and David at first goes along with him, hoping and praying that his brother's plan has merit. But David soon comes to see that the plan is just a wild pipe dream, and that the expected financing is not going to materialize. Burstyn plays Sally, an increasingly unstable woman who was Jason's lover, but is now being replaced in his affections by Jessica, her stepdaughter. This is a pretty entertaining movie, with lots of colorful characters, and a setting in Atlantic City. (Subtitles in English for the hearing-impaired are available on the disc.) Grade: B