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  • 2008
  • Gigantic Releasing
  • 1 h 20 m
  • 2008
  • Gigantic Releasing
  • 1 h 20 m

Summary Trevor has the power. He knows people. But more importantly (as Trevor points out), he knows people who know him. After mysteriously losing his job, Trevor fails to inform the film crew following him. He struggles to keep up appearances in front of the camera while his glamorous, jet-set “celebrity” lifestyle goes into an abrupt and awk...

Directed By: Wayne Price

Written By: Lucas Akoskin, Wayne Price

  • 2008
  • Gigantic Releasing
  • 1 h 20 m
  • 2008
  • Gigantic Releasing
  • 1 h 20 m

The Doorman

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary Trevor has the power. He knows people. But more importantly (as Trevor points out), he knows people who know him. After mysteriously losing his job, Trevor fails to inform the film crew following him. He struggles to keep up appearances in front of the camera while his glamorous, jet-set “celebrity” lifestyle goes into an abrupt and awk...

Directed By: Wayne Price

Written By: Lucas Akoskin, Wayne Price

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
47
17% Positive
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67% Mixed
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17% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
47
17% Positive
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67% Mixed
4 Reviews
17% Negative
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By the end of the film's scant 72 minutes, the conceit is on the verge of wearing out its welcome, but by then, it's created so much stomach-churning, quease-inducing, uproariously embarrassing humiliation for Trevor that it's become all but irresistible.
By Bob Mondello FULL REVIEW
50
Price keeps the humor believably shallow and the movie from getting too far from the aim of chronicling an exclusivity junkie's fall.
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50
The Doorman, is simply too distracted to hit the comedic bull's-eye. Whatever the case, his movie gets a chuckle or two but mostly will tickle insiders.
By Nathan Lee FULL REVIEW
50
Not until the goofy closing credits does the film hit its tonal stride and nail what could have been its saving, salient theme: the absurd lines that fancy people draw (and obey) to make themselves feel special on a Saturday night.
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40
Built on an amusing idea that can't quite support an entire movie, Wayne Price's comedic debut might have made a terrific short.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
38
Thinly conceived and thoroughly shallow.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Gigantic Pictures, South American Dream Films, South American Dream Films
Release Date Jul 18, 2008
Duration 1 h 20 m
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Tagline Trevor W. knows people. More importantly, he knows people who know him.
Website http://www.giganticpictures.com/doorman.html
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Awards

Warsaw International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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