Novocaine

Name: Novocaine
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Released: November 16, 2001
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 45
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Steve Martin

2001

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Artisan Entertainment | Release Date: November 16, 2001 | R

Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Steve Martin

Summary: An edgy, unpredictable crime thriller, starring Steve Martin as a prosperous dentist whose well-ordered existence is thrown into turmoil when an alluring new patient draws him into a seedy underworld of sex, drugs and murder. (Artisan Entertainment)

Director: David Atkins

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 95 min

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Jay Carr

Quite apart from wringing the last molecule of vividness from his freewheeling roster of loose cannons, he brings to his direction of Martin a finesse shared by only a few of the directors who have worked with the comedian-actor.

Rene Rodriguez

A funny and constantly surprising exercise in comic tension. Read full review

Steven Rea

One moment it's farcical comedy, the next it's gruesome melodrama. The movie never finds the right tone. Read full review

Desson Thomson

It's too bad the movie's intriguing effect wears off (so to speak) about two-thirds through. Read full review

Sean Axmaker

Drowns promising ideas in a sea of missed details and unconvincing motivations. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

There's a mechanical desire to work in as many outlandish twists as possible, and shallow grotesquerie quickly takes over. Read full review

Stephen Hunter

A coarse, witless and stunningly violent black comedy. Read full review

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FrankO.

Jan 15, 2006

Second time watching this movie...a wild premise and great cinematograhy with black/white scenes. Good use of the cast, great plot twists. A guilty pleasure not seen by many people.

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