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The Man Who Wasn't There
Directed by
Joel Coen
R
2001
1h 56m
Crime
,
Drama
7.5
81%
85%
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A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity and a mysterious opportunity presents him with a chance to change it.
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Cast of The Man Who Wasn't There
Billy Bob Thornton
Ed Crane
Frances McDormand
Doris Crane
Michael Badalucco
Frank
James Gandolfini
Big Dave Brewster
Katherine Borowitz
Ann Nirdlinger Brewster
Jon Polito
Creighton Tolliver
Scarlett Johansson
Birdy Abundas
Richard Jenkins
Walter Abundas
Tony Shalhoub
Freddy Riedenschneider
Christopher Kriesa
Officer Persky
Brian Haley
Officer Krebs
Jack McGee
P.I. Burns
Gregg Binkley
The New Man
Alan Fudge
Dr. Diedrickson
Lilyan Chauvin
Medium
Adam Alexi-Malle
Jacques Carcanogues
Ted Rooney
Bingo Caller
Abraham Benrubi
Party Man
Christian Ferratti
Child
Rhoda Gemignani
Costanza
E.J. Callahan
Customer
Brooke Smith
Sobbing Prisoner
Ron Ross
Banker
Hallie Singleton
Waitress
Jon Donnelly
Gatto Eater
Dan Martin
Bailiff
Nicholas Lanier
Tony
Tom Dahlgren
Judge #1
Booth Colman
Judge #2
Stanley DeSantis
New Man's Customer
Peter Siragusa
Bartender
Christopher McDonald
Macadam Salesman
Rick Scarry
District Attorney
George Ives
Lloyd Garroway
Devon Cole Borisoff
Swimming Boy
Mary Bogue
Prisoner Visitor
Don Donati
Pie Contest Timer
Arthur Reeves
Flophouse Clerk
Michelle Weber
Dancer
Randi Cee
Dancer
Robert Loftin
Dancer
Kenneth Hughes
Dancer
Gordon Hart
Dancer
Brenda Mae Hamilton
Dancer
Lloyd Gordon
Dancer
Leonard Crofoot
Dancer
Rita Maye Bland
Dancer
Audrey K. Baranishyn
Dancer
Qyn Hughes
Dancer
Rachel McDonald
Dancer
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Female Inmate (voice) (uncredited)
Seymour Cassel
Spectator at Execution (uncredited)
Craig Berenson
Jail Guy (uncredited)
Joan Blair
Prison Matron (uncredited)
Greg Bronson
Courtroom Attendee (uncredited)
Geoffrey Gould
Alpine Rope Toss Man (uncredited)
Paul G. Gray
Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
Phil Hawn
Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
Cherilyn Hayres
Swing Dancer (uncredited)
John Michael Higgins
Emergency Room Physician (uncredited)
Pete Schrum
Truck Driver (uncredited)
Max Thayer
Witness (uncredited)
Joel Coen
Director / Writer / Producer
Ethan Coen
Writer / Producer
The Man Who Wasn't There Ratings & Reviews
Common Sense Media
Nell Minow
Some mature themes--best for older teens.
TIME Magazine
Richard Schickel
Affectlessness is not a quality much prized in movie protagonists, but Billy Bob Thornton, that splendid actor, does it perfectly as Ed Crane.
Variety
Todd McCarthy
The film holds the interest, to be sure, but more due to the sure sense of craft and precise effect that one expects from the Coens than from genuine involvement in the story.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Joel and Ethan Coen stay true to their bent for dense heroes and neonoir, and to their unshakable conviction that life usually turns out to be splendidly horrific.
Houston Chronicle
Eric Harrison
Despite the movie's humor and sense of irony, it takes on a sense of somberness as it progresses.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Peter Rainer
The Man Who Wasn't There denatures pulp, and although I know this was the Coens' intention, it's not a particularly gratifying one. Their movie isn't there, either.
Premiere Magazine
Glenn Kenny
The most engrossingly eccentric American movie of the year.
Orlando Sentinel
Jay Boyar
If the drabness doesn't get you, the deliberately glacial pacing will.
eye WEEKLY
Adam Nayman
The film contains sprinklings of the Coens' trademark weirdness, but it's also meticulously controlled, like an elaborate puppet show for adults.
Detroit News
Tom Long
A noble failure in the canon of America's best sibling film team, a movie that was there just a bit too long.
CNN.com
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
A beautifully executed film that is remarkable on many, many levels.
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
Outstanding performances from the entire cast, especially Tony Shaloub as Califonia's leading criminal defense lawyer.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
You may be surprised at how long The Man Who Wasn't There sticks around, lingering in the mind long after everyone has met his or her inevitable fate.
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
It's the best-looking film of the year, hands down, and Thornton is dazzling, a dull diamond in the gutter rough.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
The movie ... is wonderfully spirited.
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
A glorious tribute to the splendors of what should rightfully be called the blackish and whitish movie.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
A loving tribute to midcentury cinema.
San Francisco Chronicle
Bob Graham
The Man Who Wasn't There looks noir, but don't be too sure. The Coen brothers provide the black-and-white. The actors provide the color.
Denver Post
Steven Rosen
I felt so thoroughly inside this environment I almost didn't need a story.
Dallas Morning News
Philip Wuntch
It doesn't attain Fargo heights, but it's still a victory.
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