2005
R
Ascendant Pictures
1 h 40 m

2005
R
Ascendant Pictures
1 h 40 m

Summary A destitute Alaskan travel agent with a deranged wife finds the answer to his financial problems in the form of a get rich quick insurance scam involving a frozen body in the dumpster behind his office. Just a few things stand in his way -- a determined insurance investigator, an irate sibling and two would be gangsters. (Ascendant Pict...

Directed By: Mark Mylod

Written By: Collin Friesen

2005
R
Ascendant Pictures
1 h 40 m

2005
R
Ascendant Pictures
1 h 40 m

The Big White

Name: The Big White
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Released: 2005-12-16
Duration: 1 min 40 s
Rating: 31
Cast: Robin Williams, Giovanni Ribisi, Holly Hunter, Tim Blake Nelson, W. Earl Brown

Metascore Generally Unfavorable

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 11 User Ratings

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Directed By: Mark Mylod

Written By: Collin Friesen

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews

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Empire

Utterly implausible and clunkily directed. Rent "Fargo" instead.

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Variety

Snowed under by misjudgment on every level, The Big White is DOA. Despite a cast that generally reads like an indie production's wish list, pic's tendency to liberally borrow from the Coen Brothers playbook of comic mayhem is exceeded only by its lack of sense of what's actually funny.

By Robert Koehler FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Ice-bound black comedy boasts strong cast for an indie but can't quite decide what it wants to be.

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L.A. Weekly

The clammy eccentricity on display -- is like a wet blanket, while Colin Friesen's lazy screenplay has all the wit of a slushball. "March of the Penguins" was funnier and edgier.

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Production Company Ascendant Pictures, Capitol Films, Film & Entertainment VIP Medienfonds 2 GmbH & Co. KG, Rising Star

Release Date Dec 16, 2005

Duration 1 h 40 m

Rating R

Genres

Tagline An ice cold black comedy.

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Robin Williams

Paul Barnell

Giovanni Ribisi

Ted Waters

Holly Hunter

Margaret Barnell

Tim Blake Nelson

Gary

W. Earl Brown

Jimbo

Woody Harrelson

Raymond Barnell

Alison Lohman

Tiffany

Billy Merasty

Cam

Marina Stephenson Kerr

Avis

Ralph Alderman

Mr. Branch

Frank Adamson

Detective

Andrea Shawcross

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Ryan Miranda

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Craig March

Howard

Ty Wood

Paperboy

Frank C. Turner

Dave

Brenda McDonald

Mrs. Wherry

Deena Fontaine

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