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The Minus Man
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A film has to pretty damn bad for me to not finish it - my $3.00 rental fee and I are difficult to separate in the first place and I'm determined to get my money's worth. when I saw <I>The Minus Man</I> on the video shelf, it had three things going for it: 1) <B>Owen Wilson</B>, who I think is a pretty good actor, 2) directed and written by <B>Hampton Fancher</B>, screenwirter of the classic sci-fi flick <I>Blade Runner</I>, and 3) those great, morbid TV ads for the film that had dead people floating in pools.
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So I rent the film, take it home, and pop it in.
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About an hour into <I>The Minus Man</I>, I stop the tape to catch a re-run of <I>The Simpsons</I>.
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I know, I know, how can you write a review of a film you didn't even watch all the way through? There's your review right there. I sat through a double feature of <I>Robot Monster</I> and <I>Journey to the Center of the Earth</I> starring <B>Pat Boone</B> and I couldn't make it through <I>The Minus Man</I>!!
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The meandering, pseudo-existential plot has to do with serial killer <B>Wilson</B> traveling throughout the American West picking off folks who he thinks want to die. <B>Janeane Garofolo</B> is a sort-of love interest who works at the post office. Singer <B>Cheryl Crow</B> tries to portray a junkie-turned-victim and MAN is she bad!
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At almost two hours long, this must feel like four hours because the first hour of the film felt two hours long.
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<I>The Minus Man</I> is one of those slow, empty films that tries to disguise itself as "art" hoping you'll give it a break. It is definitely NOT RECOMMENDED.
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