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Director:

  Neal Slavin
  

Year Released:

  2001

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

3 out of 5

3.5 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Meat Loaf Aday
  Laura Dern
  William H. Macy
  David Paymer
  zzz
Movie Haiku:Ordinary guy (Macy) is forced to confront his own complacency when he inadvertently becomes the target of prejudice. You need to buy the central conceit on faith to make the plot work, but once you do, it’s riveting – all black shadows & oblique camera angles, with haunted, haunting performances.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2001