THEn “Jay Kelly,” George Clooney plays a movie star very similar to the Hollywood actor. Popular and appreciated for over thirty years, with a series of successful dramas and action movies behind him and various awards on the shelves, the protagonist of Noah Baumbach’s latest film for Netflix seems built around the sixty-four year old two-time Oscar winner. He has the same bold and reassuring charm, the same quick wit and elegance. Yet Jay Kelly is a man in an identity crisis, who looks back (and around) and discovers himself alone, like someone who has sacrificed family, friends and collaborators on the altar of his career.
