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If I Didn't Care (2006)

Director: Ben Cummings, Orson Cummings

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Itching for a child but stuck in a marriage in which his breadwinner wife sets all the domestic parameters, lazy house-herr Davis (Sage) has an affair with a real-estate agent (Misner) and then plots homicide as the key to his new life. Initially diverting and peppered with a few first-act surprise twists, this wanna-be neonoir ends up being as half-committed to its goals as its protagonist. One increasingly implausible moment follows the next, while a smugly skeptical detective (Scheider) drops pretentious references to Schopenhauer’s theories on will and desire.

Author: Stephen Garrett 2007-08-01 17:02:25

Time Out New York Issue 618: August 2–8, 2007

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Director: Ben Cummings, Orson Cummings

Cast: Bill Sage, Roy Scheider, Susie Misner, Noelle Beck full cast

Rated: NR

Duration: 80 mins


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