Special details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Michael Rapaport |
| Directors: | Jeremy Passmore, Hal Haberman, Jeremy Passmore / |
| Genre: | Drama - General |
| Studio: | REVOLVER ENTERTAINMENT |
| Name | Discs | |
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Special |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 18 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 05 Mar 2006 |
| Main languages: | English |
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Charming and affecting and just plain great
By Matt Sharp from London, England , 10 Apr 2007[Highly rated reviewer]
You might be most familiar with Michael Rapaport from his irritating sitcom The War At Home, in which he plays an unlikeable father. Please forget about all of that for the benefit of Special, a really nice film in which he plays a thoroughly likeable parking attendant who loses his mind. His descent into delusion is heartbreaking and deeply affecting, all thanks to Rapaport's excellent performance. Michael, I am sorry I judged you based on one rubbish sitcom. Plus the film's only short, so even if you hate it you've only lost an hour and a bit, and you probably would have wasted it anyway.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(16)What? LOL!
By iuli2a (42 reviews) from Bristol , 01 Apr 2012Surprisingly quirky and funny! This guy who leads a very boring life, lives alone, has a dissatisfactory job, etc, takes part in a trial for a new drug, and soon experiences that he acquired special powers, to which he decides to put them to great use, with hilarious consequences!
Is not your usual comedy film but is very funny nevertheless.
I did not understand the purpose of the guys that come into picture later on in the movie, what was that!
Recommended!- Was this review helpful to you?
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The Avengers it is not
By TheWatchman (490 reviews) from Suburbia , 21 Jan 2012With Hollywood so obsessed with easily-bankable superheroes, sooner or later you were going to get a spate of movies making fun of them.
However, ‘Special’ isn’t one of them. It, like another similarly-themed film called ‘Defendor,’ is a different take on the genre. If you want a parody of a superhero film then watch something slapstick like ‘Superhero Movie’ (which, incidentally, is the cinematic equivalent of self harm). ‘Special’ is about a decent, well-meaning man who signs on for some experimental drugs-testing trials. The results make him believe he has superpowers. Obviously, he doesn’t. Here might have been the time to add in some really funny jokes into the mix. Special doesn’t. It’s a sad take on seeing a rotten world through the eyes of a man who wants to do the right thing, but doesn’t really know how – or even get it right.
I found this film sad and poignant rather than laugh-a-minute. If people do think it’s funny, then it’s the blackest black comedy around.
It won’t be for everyone. It’s low budget is visible from time to time and it goes without saying that there are know well-known actors in it.
Did I enjoy it? Yes, but you have to be in the mood for something a little heavier than Toby Maguire in red and blue tights.
Uplifting and heart-warming it is. The X-Men it is not.- Was this review helpful to you?
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To infinity and beyond!
By Whipster (663 reviews) from Shropshire , 25 Nov 2010A guy takes part in a drugs trial and becomes convinced he has super-powers. Diametrically opposite to most superhero movies, this is a sort of anti-Kick Ass! Kind of interesting but I found it lacking in excitement or emotion, it stays resolutely on one level throughout. Nothing wrong with the acting credentials but it has a definite low budget feel, probably because it is low budget! If you're a fan of 'outsider' movies this wil fit the bill perfectly but for me not enough content. 3.5 stars.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Not at all what I expected
By popClingwrap (29 reviews) from Reading , 20 Sep 2010THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Show review anywayHide
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Unexplicably Good
By TwinkleStars (10 reviews) from Swindon , 13 Dec 2009Strange character, strange story but strangely good.- Was this review helpful to you?
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