I think anyone would enjoy this, it's a great cat and mouse thriller. Cushing's dower and spiteful hero faces off against Morell's charismatic fraudster. It's a great Xmas movie, too!
I'm not as big as a reader as I used to be, but last year I started listening to audiobooks and I found it a really enjoyable experience. I definitely recommend it to anyone out of the habit of reading.
I'm not sure the writer of Robert Redford's obituary in the Guardian has seen The Candidate...
It's a Senatorial campaign, but ok. I don't know what to make of 'vapid title character" Ya sure that's the word you want to use? Maybe naive, if you want to be negative?