The defeated suburban patriarch LesterBurnham (Kevin Spacey), condemned by his withdrawn daughter (Thora Birch) and his hyperorganized wife (Annette Bening), drops out of his job and misbehaves badly.
You might even detect a hint of LesterBurnham, the disenchanted, depressed 50-something played by Kevin Spacey in Mendes' "American Beauty, " in the disaffected and mildly disabled Bond played by Daniel Craig this time out.