Cormac, car sex and Cameron Diaz: Is The Counsellor Ridley Scott’s masterpiece?

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. No one seemed to like Ridley Scott’s The Counsellor when it was released in 2013. Cameron Diaz – as Bardem’s girlfriend – scowls on the film’s fringes with a gold tooth and a collection of pet cheetahs, and at one point has sex with a car windshield. Together, Scott and McCarthy come off like conmen: two oddballs who’ve convinced a major American film studio to bankroll their wacky experiment. The Counsellor trailer I worry that – echoing Scott’s modern timidity when it comes to camp – The Counsellor also frightened Diaz off acting.