TORONTO — The trailer for Boulevard, a movie that marks Robin Williams‘ last on-screen performance, serves as a reminder that the beloved funnyman was also a gifted dramatic actor.
Williams took his life last August at 63.
He plays Nolan Mack, a 60-year-old man in a marriage of convenience and a monotonous office job, whose life is changed forever after he meets a hustler named Leo (Roberto Aguire).
The film, directed by Dito Montiel, is getting a theatrical release next month — more than a year after it premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Variety critic Peter Debruge noted Williams is “in morose rather than manic mode” in Boulevard, which he said taps into “that same loneliness felt in One Hour Photo and Good Will Hunting.”
Debruge wrote: “The actor projects a regret so deep and identifiable, viewers should have no trouble connecting it to whatever is missing in their own lives.”
Williams last comedic role was in last year’s made-in-Vancouver Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb. He is the voice of a dog in the upcoming comedy Absolutely Anything.
The actor won an Oscar for his supporting role in the Toronto-shot Good Will Hunting and earned nominations for Dead Poets Society, The Fisher King and Good Morning, Vietnam. Williams also earned six Golden Globe awards during his career — for everything from TV’s Mork & Mindy to the movie Mrs. Doubtfire.
Boulevard, which also stars Bob Odenkirk and Kathy Baker, opens in selected cinemas on July 17.
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