A frustrated, unemployed professor joins forces with a scammer and a friend of his in a blackmailing scheme.
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Title: Big Nothing (2006)
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| David Schwimmer | ... | Charlie | |
| Simon Pegg | ... | Gus | |
| Alice Eve | ... | Josie | |
| Natascha McElhone | ... | Penelope Wood | |
| Jon Polito | ... | Agent Hymes | |
| Mimi Rogers | ... | Mrs. Smalls | |
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William Rosenfeld | ... | Deputy Garman (as Billy Asher) |
| Julian Glover | ... | 80 Year Old Blind Man | |
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Olivia Peterson | ... | Emily |
| Sarah Edmondson | ... | Isabella | |
| Amber Sealey | ... | Call Center Supervisor | |
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Shauna Shim | ... | Melanie #1 |
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Laurence Bouvard | ... | Melanie #2 |
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Mindy Lee Raskin | ... | Melanie #3 |
| Kenneth Jay | ... | Barman | |
Charlie is an ex-professor turned reluctant call center employee who gets fired on the first day. Distraught at being unable to provide for his daughter Emily and wife Penelope, he accepts when Gus, an aspiring scam artist who presents Charlie with a seemingly snag-free plan to make some cash. The plan is to blackmail Reverend Smalls, a man of the cloth, who's frequently turned up in the company database of visitors to illegal porn sites. Gus plans to extort Reverend Smalls, with the intention of publicly exposing his secret shame should he refuse, thus potentially destroying the man's career. Normally cautious, Charlie is keen on participating in this scam, confident that the money he'll make from the scam will finally help turn things around for him and his family. Joined by one-time teenage pageant queen Josie McBroom, Gus's ex, the plan goes ahead, but it all goes wrong as Reverend Smalls dies thanks to this trio, with this only being the start of their troubles. Written by ????
A good film, not great but worth watching and definitely twice (I preferred it second time round) it's a unique film, the idea has been done in different ways but the plot holds it's own very well.
I am a big Simon Pegg fan and found him to play Gus very well and was glad that he played a much different character than his previous portrayals. He had good on screen chemistry with David Schwimmer who's character Charlie actually was to me the funnier of the two.
The three main cast were strong at acting and the film didn't lose steam, the development of the film as the situation got more and more out of control was well paced and there was twists and turns at every corner.
A good attribute if this film is that it is primarily a comedy, a black comedy and i did find myself laughing at the predicaments they were in but at the same time i enjoyed the dramatic and thriller elements and the effective music, it also came across as farce-ish in places.
I would definitely recommend giving this a go. It is different from all the run of the mill blockbuster 'i have to make millions and million at the box office to be a success.' and worth watching for Simon Pegg and David Schwimmer each very different performers but of equal talent.