The Man Who Wasn't There
The Man Who Wasn't There

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1949, Santa Rosa, California. A laconic, chain-smoking barber with fallen arches tells a story of a man trying to escape a humdrum life. It's a tale of suspected adultery, blackmail, foul play, death, Sacramento city slickers, racial slurs, invented war heroics, shaved legs, a gamine piano player, aliens, and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. Ed Crane cuts hair in his in-law's shop; his wife drinks and may be having an affair with her boss, Big Dave, who has $10,000 to inve... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Man Who Wasn't There:

Billy Bob Thornton
Frances McDormand
Michael Badalucco
James Gandolfini
Katherine Borowitz
Jon Polito

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1949, Santa Rosa, California. A laconic, chain-smoking barber with fallen arches tells a story of a man trying to escape a humdrum life. It's a tale of suspected adultery, blackmail, foul play, death, Sacramento city slickers, racial slurs, invented war heroics, shaved legs, a gamine piano player, aliens, and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. Ed Crane cuts hair in his in-law's shop; his wife drinks and may be having an affair with her boss, Big Dave, who has $10,000 to invest in a second department store. Ed gets wind of a chance to make money in dry cleaning. Blackmail and investment are his opportunity to be more than a man no one notices. Settle in the chair and listen.

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Filmcritic.com - 10/10 by Christopher NullMerely Z-grade noir full of weird non-sequiturs
BBC.com - 10/10 by Nev PierceA unique, peculiar, riveting experience, The Man Who Wasn't There is one of the best films of the year.
San Francisco Chronicle - 10/10 by Bob GrahamThe Coens' plotting, with its suspense and reversals, is a source of amazement and delight.
eye WEEKLY - 10/10 by Adam NaymanThe film contains sprinklings of the Coens' trademark weirdness, but it's also meticulously controlled, like an elaborate puppet show for adults.
UK Critic - 10/10 by Ian Waldron-MantganiThe movie itself is a stylish piece of work, shot in black and white with odd, captivating atmosphere and production design; it's kind of a cross between a 1940s film noir and a satire of banal 1950s America.
ViewLondon - 10/10 by Matthew TurnerStunning photography, terrific performances from a note-perfect cast, and a wonderful, dryly-comic script. One of the best films of the year.
The Film Yap - 10/10 by Nick RogersFew outside of Coen cliques paid this nihilistic neo-noir much attention. Perhaps that's its wryest, slyest punchline: To watch Ed Crane is to largely forget him and, upon returning to him, revisit the pleasure of meeting him for the first time.
TIME Magazine - 10/10 by Richard SchickelIf this were not such great American-vernacular moviemaking -- hilarious yet hypnotic -- one would be tempted to see something Greek in the tragedy that Ed never comprehends.
New Times (L.A.) - 10/10 by Bill GalloFor all its long shadows and ominous atmosphere, this is a very funny movie -- as funny as the Coens' masterful "Fargo."
Christian Science Monitor - 10/10 by David SterrittMost of the way this ranks with the Coens' most immaculately crafted work. Cain would have loved its dreamlike chills, and so will audiences nostalgic for the movies of half a century ago.

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