So many cliches, and so many synths. And the power ballad during the end credits comes out of nowhere. James Woods is decent though, as is Brian Dennehy, another actor who you'll recognise but never actually know what you saw him in.

Great acting by Woods and Dennehy in what is yet another Larry Cohen film that dares me to like it more than I should. There's something Mr. Cohen adds to all his films that elevates them slightly above the ordinary. So far, everything he's written or directed has been worth the watch time but 'Best Seller' is so far my least favourite.

James Woods plays a good sleazy seedy scumbag, Brian Dennehy plays a good fat guy.

Not as good as I had remembered. Dennehy is, as he almost always is, eminently likeable in this. And Woods isn't just playing the professional psychopath, his character is filled out with an insecure desperation that makes his outrageous character seem more real. The film is very much elevated by the performances of the leads, but the viewer has an INCREDIBLE number of cliches to wade through on the way, and a lot of bad 80's synth.