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The Big Empty Reviews

2004

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It's an easy gig - low risk, big pay out. Just deliver a blue suitcase to a trucker named Cowboy at a lonely little spot called Baker, out in the desert near Vegas. Hand over the suitcase, get $27,000 cold, hard dollars in return. For struggling, street-bound 30 something actor John Pearson it's like a solid gold gift from .. Read more

Starring	Jon Favreau, Joey Lauren Adams, Bud Cort, Daryl Hannah
Director	Steve Anderson
Genres	Drama

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  - 0
  A no brainer
  
  Pleasant suprise this film. Hadn't heard of it before. Very odd, but stick with it, if nothing else, at the end of the film you'll think back on the ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Kate
  - Cheshire
  - 30 Jun 2005 at 09:45
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- - 0
  - 0
  Quirky Indie Film
  
  A very quirky independent film - if you are looking for big Hollywood your are in the wrong place.
  
  But if you like quirky little films with ... read more »
  
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- 859009
- - JFlattermann
  - 1 review
  - Liverpool, England
  - 08 Feb 2010 at 10:13
- - 0
  - 0
  Good title
  
  Deliberately quirky little indie finds failed actor Favreau given a seemingly easy route for some quick cash - take a suitcase to an outpost in the desert and ... read more »
  
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- 829558
- - RJNeb2
  - 774 reviews
  - London
  - 10 Nov 2009 at 00:27
- - 0
  - 0
  Waiting for GodKnows
  
  With minimilist framing and a palette as colourful as the characters, director Steve Anderson sign posts as clearly as he can that this is an expressionistic ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Stockport
  - 24 Oct 2008 at 12:21
- - 0
  - 0
  Terrible
  
  A great cast can't save this film from the poor script and terrible directing. Awful.
  
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- 536533
- - Banksie
  - 2 reviews
  - Mossley
  - 08 Mar 2008 at 11:30
- - 0
  - 0
  Doing a lot with a little
  
  If you like films that had a budget permitting the actors endless takes, there is 'nothing to see here'. If you do not connect luggage with special ... read more »
  
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  - Norwich
  - 24 Jan 2008 at 21:32
- - 0
  - 0
  Big Emptyness
  
  I saw this film where I work, and never hearing of it, yet with some well known actors in it I ordered it. I watched this piece of ... read more »
  
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- - raptor1217
  - 199 reviews
  - Wednesbury
  - 30 Dec 2006 at 23:42
- - 0
  - 1
  quirky little number
  
  Despite my daughter sneering because it was a 'Sean Bean' movie, she ended up being drawn in to the strangeness that is this film.
  
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  - Stoke-on-Trent, (because somebody has to) England
  - 04 Dec 2006 at 20:16
- - 0
  - 0
  Beautiful
  
  A beautiful film visually taking you to the parts of America where we all want to go, the dirty seedy back door town of Baker, Nevada. Its a rolling non entity ... read more »
  
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- - The Engineer
  - England
  - 22 Feb 2006 at 23:42
- - 0
  - 0
  Hmmm different
  
  It would be very easy to say something along the lines of The Big Empty = a Big Zero or similar but in fact this movie was just a little left of strange. The ... read more »
  
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- - Mr Bosch
  - UK
  - 20 Feb 2006 at 21:05
- - 0
  - 0
  disappointed
  
  i really wanted to like this movie. i loved the cast, i seemed like the story was gonna be original but it dragged like no movie i have ever seen. not impressed... read more »
  
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- - ericloveshouse
  - brighton
  - 31 Oct 2005 at 11:25
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- - 3
  - 0
  A no brainer
  
  Pleasant suprise this film. Hadn't heard of it before. Very odd, but stick with it, if nothing else, at the end of the film you'll think back on the ... read more »
  
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- 119251
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  - Kate
  - Cheshire
  - 30 Jun 2005 at 09:45
- - 3
  - 2
  Less than the sum of parts.
  
  The Big Empty is all to apposite a title I'm afraid.
  
  Most of the cast make the best they can out of underwritten roles but the film itself never ... read more »
  
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- - Telemachos
  - 8 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 30 Apr 2005 at 11:26
- - 2
  - 0
  A great find
  
  I have to disagree with the other reviewers; I thought this was a wonderful little film.
  
  My reason for renting was Jon Favreau, I can watch him in ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Brecon, South Wales
  - 27 Aug 2005 at 23:42
- - 0
  - 0
  Avoid at all costs
  
  Despite the carrot of a good cast, the film was slow and boring. Daryl Hannah was unrecognisable and Kelsey Grammar's part was too short. A great ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 22 Aug 2005 at 20:24
- - 0
  - 0
  Good
  
  This takes a while to get into, but once you do it is a good story line.
  
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- - a customer
  - Somerset
  - 16 Sep 2005 at 19:58
- - 0
  - 0
  disappointed
  
  i really wanted to like this movie. i loved the cast, i seemed like the story was gonna be original but it dragged like no movie i have ever seen. not impressed... read more »
  
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- 168065
- - ericloveshouse
  - brighton
  - 31 Oct 2005 at 11:25
- - 0
  - 0
  Hmmm different
  
  It would be very easy to say something along the lines of The Big Empty = a Big Zero or similar but in fact this movie was just a little left of strange. The ... read more »
  
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- 209245
- - Mr Bosch
  - UK
  - 20 Feb 2006 at 21:05
- - 0
  - 0
  Beautiful
  
  A beautiful film visually taking you to the parts of America where we all want to go, the dirty seedy back door town of Baker, Nevada. Its a rolling non entity ... read more »
  
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- 210328
- - The Engineer
  - England
  - 22 Feb 2006 at 23:42
- - 1
  - 1
  Good fun actually ...
  
  A lively little yarn, clearly not meant to be taken too seriously. Quite humorous in places and keeps you guessing till the twist at the end, which was quite ... read more »
  
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- - AdsVand
  - West Sussex
  - 28 May 2005 at 09:03
- - 0
  - 0
  Big Emptyness
  
  I saw this film where I work, and never hearing of it, yet with some well known actors in it I ordered it. I watched this piece of ... read more »
  
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- 397924
- - raptor1217
  - 199 reviews
  - Wednesbury
  - 30 Dec 2006 at 23:42

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- The Big Empty
  
  It's an easy gig - low risk, big pay out. Just deliver a blue suitcase to a trucker named Cowboy at a lonely little spot called Baker, out in the desert near Vegas. Hand over the suitcase, get $27,000 cold, hard dollars in return. For struggling, street-bound 30 something actor John Pearson it's ...