Actor Edward Norton has only been in the business four years, but he makes you think that he's been there forever.
If a movie career is a game of chess, Norton is a class player who rounds up every game quickly and neatly, as if winning is simply a habit. He has consistently starred in films that count ("Fight Club," "American History X"), worked with only the best directors (Woody Allen, Milos Foreman), and is always seen courting the right babes (Drew Barrymore, Salma Hayek). Unlike other stars, Norton doesn't have a past that could wound or embarrass him, no B-horror films that one picks up at some suburban rental shop to say: "Hey! Says here Edward Norton. Not the Edward Norton?"
This time, the Edward Norton has produced/directed/starred in his own movie. From a man oozing with capability and high academic marks, one expects something not easy to describe or recount. Something cynical, cerebral, complicated and some other adjectives I could tell you if I had a thesaurus handy.