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He Was A Quiet Man
2007
A troubled loner and intent on killing his colleagues and himself, Bob Maconel is easy to dislike. As he plans to put a revolver to his head and the heads of those around him he drops the bullet. While on the floor searching for it someone else in despair of life with the same plan beats him to it. As he emerges a hero he .. Read more
| Starring | Christian Slater, Elisha Cuthbert, William H. Macy, Sascha Knopf |
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| Director | Frank A. Cappello |
| Genres | Drama |
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He Was A Quiet Man
A troubled loner and intent on killing his colleagues and himself, Bob Maconel is easy to dislike. As he plans to put a revolver to his head and the heads of those around him he drops the bullet. While on the floor searching for it someone else in despair of life with the same plan beats him to it. As he emerges a hero he discovers the one colleague he actually liked was severely wounded. Through her company can he discover pleasure in life or is he destined to live a life of despair?
| Starring | Christian Slater, Elisha Cuthbert, William H. Macy, Sascha Knopf, Jamison Jones |
|---|---|
| Director | Frank A. Cappello |
| Studio | HIGH FLIERS |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 39 mins Watch now: 1 hr 32 mins |
| Certificate | DVD: , Watch Online: |
| Collections | New releases |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English Watch Online: English |
| Released | DVD: 26 May 2008 Watch now: 16 Oct 2009 Production year: 2007 |
| Watch now | Subscribe and watch this as part of an unlimited package. |
| Format | DVD |
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Giving a creepy fantasist everything he has ever dreamed of is the intriguing set-up squandered by this odd and aimless... read more on Time Out
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42 out of 44 people found this review helpful
Not really worth the effort
My wife and I actually went to see 'The Golden Compass', but could not get in, so watched this instead.
Wish we had not bothered.
Christian did act it well, and looked totally different to any other role he has played before, but to be honest the storyline was quite weak, and drawn out. Some very wierd scenes, and not even a good twist at the end, more like a cop out.
Don't want to give too much away, but overall a very poor film. -
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17 out of 17 people found this review helpful
Slater can't act and he proves it in this movie!
Slater does look different, But I never felt that he fully 'owned' the character: I guess playing a loser/loner might be a bit out of Slater's depth, but then again he never was a very good actor. I think this movie might have interested me with another actor in the lead role. (Off the top of my head:Sean Pean, perhaps)Let's face it, you have to be a good actor to make an audience watch a movie about a boring man's life and the turn of events that followed.It's a shame, because the story was good, but the movie was reliant on the main actor bringing Bob' s character to life, and that sadly, never happened! A very wooden, flat performance from Slater's part, and for that reason I would say:avoid this movie.
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A troubled loner and intent on killing his colleagues and himself, Bob Maconel is easy to dislike. As he plans to put a revolver to his head and the heads of those around him he drops the bullet. ... -