The Naked Man (1998)A man takes matters into his own hands when a pharmaceutical kingpin moves into his town to cause some real trouble. Director:J. Todd Anderson |
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The Naked Man (1998)A man takes matters into his own hands when a pharmaceutical kingpin moves into his town to cause some real trouble. Director:J. Todd Anderson |
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| Michael Rapaport | ... |
Edward Bliss Jr.
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| Michael Jeter | ... |
Sticks
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| John Carroll Lynch | ... |
Driver
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| Arija Bareikis | ... |
Kim
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| Rachael Leigh Cook | ... |
Dolores
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| Martin Ferrero | ... |
Sammy
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| Joe Grifasi | ... |
Koski
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| John Slattery | ... |
Burns
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| Peter Thoemke | ... |
Ed Bliss, Sr.
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Nancy Plank | ... |
Mrs. Bliss
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Steve Shaffer | ... |
Dr. Poland
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Charles Brin | ... |
Mr. Renfrow
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Jessica Shepherd | ... |
Patty
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Jesse Morse | ... |
Bully
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| Katherine Disque | ... |
The Adjusted Woman
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A man takes matters into his own hands when a pharmaceutical kingpin moves into his town to cause some real trouble.
When I saw this movie, I was on the one hand overwhelmed and on the other hand very disappointed. It is a tragic and in some parts surrealistic comedy that is standing close to Bertolt Brecht's theater dramas and his V-effect and the German Dadaism-Artists. It may be considered as a sequel or even as a conclusion of other Coen - movies OR as just a big piece of humbug. I myself was thinking between these two aspects for a long time. And I came to the conclusion that everybody has to decide for himself. The thing that was really fascinating were the characters: real types - to speak in the traditional language of drama - not complex protagonists made me think about the sense of this movie. And to come back to the title of this comment: It is really a thin line between a very complex piece of film-artwork and rubbish. Decide for yourselves!