
In Dallas, the thirty-one year old arrogant lawyer Gary Wheelan is a wolf, unfaithful husband and gambler. He works at a law firm and presently he is defending the scum Vernon Woods, who has embezzled a large amount from retired people, and Mr. Sloan, who wants to declare his mother senile to administrate her money. Gary wins one bet and when his bookie Doc pays the amount, he decides to buy a Jaguar betting again. Gary offends a telephone operator and later she returns to hi... (Full plot summary below)
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In Dallas, the thirty-one year old arrogant lawyer Gary Wheelan is a wolf, unfaithful husband and gambler. He works at a law firm and presently he is defending the scum Vernon Woods, who has embezzled a large amount from retired people, and Mr. Sloan, who wants to declare his mother senile to administrate her money. Gary wins one bet and when his bookie Doc pays the amount, he decides to buy a Jaguar betting again. Gary offends a telephone operator and later she returns to him telling that she is Shiva (the destroyer and transformer Delty from the Hinduism) and she will destroy his life. From the next day on, Shiva interferes in Gary's life that turns upside-down and he loses his wife, his car, his credit rating and his reputation. What will happen to Gary?
Leave your thoughts about The Operator.
| Houston ChronicleEric HarrisonThe movie goes way over the top near the end, but unlike Hollywood films, which would've added violence and a car chase, The Operator's excesses all are in keeping with its theme. |
| Film Journal InternationalHarry HaunThe film would benefit from another pair of eyes. |
| Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonWould be insufferably preachy if it weren't such a rookie's-first-day botch. |
| Baseline.Hollywood.comTed Murphy... a showcase for Michael Laurence, a little-known New York theater actor, who delivers a persuasive and finely detailed portrait of a despicable man. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatIt's not very often you get to see a feature film in which Hindu, Buddhist, and Christian wisdom work together to save a person's soul. |
| Dallas Morning NewsJane SumnerExcept for its excesses and too-easy end, Mr. Dichter's original script takes us into Coen country. |