The Man

Name: The Man
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Released: September 9, 2005
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 33
Cast: Eugene Levy, Miguel Ferrer, Samuel L. Jackson

2005

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New Line Cinema | Release Date: September 9, 2005 | PG-13

Starring: Eugene Levy, Miguel Ferrer, Samuel L. Jackson

Summary: A comedy about an affable dental salesman (Levy) and a hard-edged federal agent (Jackson) who are forced to work together and who eventually grow to tolerate each other. (New Line Cinema)

Director: Les Mayfield

Genre(s): Action, Comedy, Crime

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 83 min

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Kirk Honeycutt

Who knew Samuel L. Jackson and Eugene Levy would make such a dynamic comic duo? Read full review

David Edelstein

Passable--just. Read full review

Robert K. Elder

Both Jackson and Levy are better than director Les Mayfield's ("Blue Streak") meandering comedy. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

Yet another screwed-up mess that will give audiences another excuse to shun the multiplexes this weekend. Read full review

Roger Ebert

Nobody needed to make it, nobody needs to see it, Jackson and Levy are too successful to waste time with it. It plays less like a film than like a deal. Read full review

Desson Thomson

Unfortunately, The Man makes the mistake of assuming casting is all it takes to make a good comedy. Read full review

Connie Ogle

It's just awful. Pointless, lazy, derivative and paralyzingly dull. Read full review

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CosmoP.

Sep 12, 2005

A brilliant slice of movie magic. A landmark motion picture.

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JonD.

Sep 23, 2005

This movie was HILARIOUS. I can't understand the bad reviews. I think part of it is understanding Eugene Levy's sense of humor. The humor is in his expressions & hand gestures (It's very much a Jewish sense of humor.) He is a perfect foil for Samuel Jackon's kick-ass This movie was HILARIOUS. I can't understand the bad reviews. I think part of it is understanding Eugene Levy's sense of humor. The humor is in his expressions & hand gestures (It's very much a Jewish sense of humor.) He is a perfect foil for Samuel Jackon's kick-ass no-nonsense. So if you don't get, you lose!… Expand

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Kevin

Sep 16, 2005

Dumb but funny.

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JerashJ.

Dec 10, 2005

I liked it. Sure doesn't deserve all those pro reviewers who slammed it.

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MalcomM.

Oct 20, 2005

It's no wonder the critics bombed this film. The producers got the wrong man as The Man. Coz I'm the man. Yeah, that's right, me. I am The Man. I would have made a much better Man. Ya dig?

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Alastor

Sep 10, 2005

Wow, another white guy meets black guy comedy. This movie is not cliche at all, it is so very original in every way. I love HollyWood so much. They have so many wonderful ideas that they incorperate on the big screen.

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HinckleyA.

Sep 11, 2005

Oh my God was this terrible. Were they working without a script? It was if they took two excellent actors threw them in front of the camera and said do whatever you want for two hours? The movie must have been shot in two days. Absolutely inept.

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