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Numb (2007)

R | | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 13 June 2008 (Romania)
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A chronically depressed screenwriter desperately tries to cure his condition when he meets the girl of his dreams.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
... Hudson Milbank
... Sara Harrison
... Tom
... Dr. Townshend
... Audrey Milbank
... Peter Milbank
... Dr. Blaine
... Stan Milbank (as Ben Rattner)
... Tim
... Debra
... Homeless Guy
... Dr. Simon
Brad Ganes ... John
Ingrid Torrance ... Female Psychologist
... Dr. Richmond
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Hudson Milbank is a successful Hollywood screenwriter who suddenly and strangely finds himself without any emotional feelings. He tries doctor after doctor and shrink after shrink, but nothing works. The Golf Channel, lesbian exercise classes and a dizzying variety of pills get him through the day, but don't quite solve his problem. His writing partner tries everything to get him back to normal, but it's not until Hudson meets Sara that he finds a real motivation to get better and to actually start feeling again. From the writer of Deuce Bigalow, comes NUMB, a romantic comedy following an unusual man looking for strange love. Written by Anonymous

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mental illness | depression | doctor patient relationship | nudity | female frontal nudity | See All (21) »

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Love is better unmedicated.

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Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Rated R for language, some drug use and sexual content/nudity | See all certifications »

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$3,300,000 (estimated)
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When Hudson and Sara are in the car, after being in the shop where she sees him steal a pen, you can see that the car seats have headrests. Then when they start shooting the scene from behind, there are no headrests, as they would have blocked the actors' faces. See more »

Quotes

Hudson: You don't have to save me, Sara. But I am going to love you for the rest of my life, so things would be a lot better if you were around.
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Where I Am
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20 April 2008 | by – See all my reviews

Since the 'friends' era (someone was bound to bring it up), Perry's films have always shared the typical romance/comedy element, although I must nuance by saying the emphasis tended to differ, but now it seems that Matt has chosen a different path, trying to prove himself as a serious actor in drama's, although he hasn't fully abjured comedy (not that he should, as long as it remains tasteful). The recent 'The Ron Clark Story' proved to be a big hit in the rose and 'Numb' was the next logical step, providing him with a more challenging and diverse role even namely a screenwriter having to deal with a peculiar form of depression; 'depersonalization'.

Judging the authenticity of his performance is very hard, seeing that I, like most people, have never heard of the condition in question. I do believe most reviews coming from people suffering from it or having suffered from it in the past were predominantly positive. Perry's natural charm and his impression of being clumsy have to be suppressed, and having dealt with depression in real life the actor can dig into his own experience to come up with a real life character, and he does so with furore, wisely underplaying and steering away from his typical comedy style, meanwhile the film still has a lot of off beat comedy moments to lighten the material at hand a bit, certainly a welcome comical relief.

The low-key tone of the film might make it difficult for some people to access, but I would still recommend it to most people.

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