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The Gingerbread Man (1998)

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Overview

Director:
Robert Altman
Writers:
John Grisham (based on an original story by)
Clyde Hayes (screenplay)
Release Date:
23 January 1998 (USA) more view trailer
Genre:
Thriller more
Plot:
Lawyer Rick Magruder has a one-night-stand affair with caterer Mallory Doss. He becomes hooked on her... more | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Director Robert Altman Dies at 81 (From IMDb News. 21 November 2006)
New Films: The Verdicts Are Mixed (From Studio Briefing. 23 January 1998)
User Comments:
Well-made, but thrill-less thriller more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Kenneth Branagh ... Rick Magruder

Embeth Davidtz ... Mallory Doss

Robert Downey Jr. ... Clyde Pell

Daryl Hannah ... Lois Harlan

Tom Berenger ... Pete Randle

Famke Janssen ... Leeanne Magruder

Mae Whitman ... Libby Magruder

Jesse James ... Jeff Magruder

Robert Duvall ... Dixon Doss
Clyde Hayes ... Carl Alden

Troy Beyer ... Konnie Dugan
Julia Ryder Perce ... Cassandra (as Julia R. Perce)
Danny Darst ... Sheriff Hope
Sonny Seiler ... Phillip Dunson
Walter Hartridge ... Edmund Hess
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for some sexuality, violence and language.
Runtime:
114 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Guyton, Georgia, USA more
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Trivia:
Robert Altman said that one of the reasons he took on "The Gingerbread Man" was because he had never directed a thriller before and wanted to give the genre a try. more
Goofs:
Continuity: At the party early in the movie, Rick and Lois are talking head-to-head on the sofa. Mallory walks behind them and you can hear Lois talking, but we see their heads at opposite ends of the sofa and they aren't talking. The camera immediately cuts back to them sitting close and talking like before. more
Quotes:
Lois Harlan: The only exercise you are gettin' is jumpin' to conclusions. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Directors: The Films of Robert Altman (#2.9)" (2001) more

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13 out of 24 people found the following comment useful:-
Well-made, but thrill-less thriller, 19 August 2001
Author: shadowflame from England

The promising first half-hour is let down by the failure to develop the characters and thus waste a great cast. Downey Jnr is a fantastic actor but is given very little to work with, same goes for Hannah, Berenger and Janssen (who seems to have no purpose in the film whatsoever). Davidtz would've been great if her character had grown, but instead all she got to do was mope around for the whole movie. Majority of the bog-standard material here is given to Branagh, and although he is by no means poor, he just does not get the viewer involved in his battle.

The direction, for me, was the film's only virtue. Altman creates a wonderfully dark and intriguing atmosphere, it's just a shame neither the story nor the undercooked characters are equally dark and intriguing.

With more complex characters, more of Downey Jnr and Jansenn, and more explosive dialogue, I could've easily overlooked and forgiven the silly plot turns and contrivances, but sadly they stick out like a sore thumb.

Disappointing sub-noir thriller. 4/10

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