I'd have to agree with the Philadelphia reviewer. The script is confusing and "beyond weak". The profanity adds nothing. David Suchet does as much as he can with his role but Dreyfuss and McGovern make a strange couple, supposedly married for years but showing few signs of connection with each other. I was actually surprised when they said they loved each other. A very disappointing evening.

I had high expectations for 'Complicit,' given its extraordinary director in Kevin Spacey, wonderful actor in Richard Dreyfuss, and timely and relavant subject matter. Unfortunately, the script was beyond weak, with more gratuitous and poorly-used profanity, and the actors seemed to wade on the side of ineptitude and amateurism as well as contain an overall lack of ingenuity. Dreyfuss seemed to be drunk (he even called for line to a prompter at one point... on opening night) for most of the performance, stumbling over lines and begging the audience to jump on board without providing a reason to do so. Furthermore, the other two actors offered no support, allowing Dreyfuss to waddle across the stage with no direction or support. The script, with the "guidance" of Spacey, emotionally rapes the audience into its viewpoint, repeating themes so often, it ends up condescending. With such an amazing space for theater, I would suggest the Old Vic immediately reinstate "The Norman Conquests."