A review by krep___
The Counselor: A Screenplay by Cormac McCarthy

2.0

Reading a screenplay published as a book is an odd thing. We're not in characters' heads, and we can't see any facial expressions actors might use in a movie. But Cormac McCarthy has written amazing things sustained by just dialogue, such as his final book, Stella Maris, or by just dialogue and action (most of the rest of his works). So I can't lay the blame for why this one falls completely flat on its lack of interior dialogue. I could definitely see this being made into a mediocre drug-related action movie that I wouldn't like either.