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He Was a Quiet Man (2007)

Director: Frank Cappello

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From Time Out London

Giving a creepy fantasist everything he has ever dreamed of is the intriguing set-up squandered by this odd and aimless film. When the office punchbag, Bob Maconel (Christian Slater sporting giant specs and a receding hairline), decides to murder his co-workers, he not only fumbles loading the gun, but finds himself beaten to it by the man who sits on the next desk. Maconel then sees his office crush (Elisha Cuthbert) hit the floor, kills the man and is hailed a hero. He even gets the (now paraplegic) girl. The only glitch is that he is still the same psychopathic loner. Slater does well to soften the lines of his no-hoper caricature, but writer-director Cappello steers his film to nowhere particularly memorable.

Author: Cath Clarke 2007-12-03 15:08:21

Time Out London Issue 1946: December 5-11 2007

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  • David Williams said...
    Posted on Dec 07 2007 05:01 I disagree wit the reviewer completely. This film succeeds in doing what most films haven't done all year, leave me talking about it for days. The film pulls you in and doesn't let go until the very last frame, which blew me away. Slater and Cuthbert are excellent.
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He Was a Quiet Man

Cast & crew

Director: Frank Cappello

Producer: Michael Leahy

Cast: Christian Slater, Elisha Cuthbert, William H Macy, Sascha Knopf, Jamison Jones full cast

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

Duration: 91 mins


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