The Kittredges, wealthy art dealers, isolated in their NYC penthouse, and rather out of touch with the real world are visited by a charming young black man, claiming to be a friend of the Kittredges' children at Harvard and needing a place to stay. Complications develop as the boy turns out to be something other than what he has presented himself as. The superficiality of the Kittredges and their set is brilliantly depicted. Stockard Channing, Donald Sutherland, and Will Smith give superb performances. But humanity and warmth is missing from the lives of the Kittredges and their set. It is telling that when Louisa Kittredge surprises the Will Smith character in bed with someone else she is horrified; she cannot accept human contact on any level other than cocktail party chitchat. I enjoyed a lot of this film, but in the end found it muddling.
Review of Six Degrees of Separation
