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List Price: $14.98 Our Price: $12.99 You Save: $1.99 Features • Anamorphic • Closed-captioned • Color • Dolby • DVD-Video • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : 08 October, 1999 DVD Release : 20 February, 2001 |
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The Minus Man description "I've never done anything violent to anyone," says the mild-mannered Vann Siegert, "Just the minimum that was necessary." Indeed, if you have to get knocked off by a serial killer, Vann (Owen Wilson) is definitely your man. Just a quick, sweet swig from a silver flask of poisoned amaretto and you're out, with a narcoleptic slump into eternal slumber. There's no taunting or torturing; he's friendly about the whole thing. You can see Vann almost--almost--wishing his victims wouldn't take that final sip. He doesn't hold any particular grudge against these people; rather, as he puts it, "I take the natural momentum of a person and draw it toward me." If someone looks like they're on a crash course--like the boozy, asthmatic heroin addict played convincingly by Sheryl Crow, her acting debut--he merely accelerates the process. Wilson proves to be a mesmerizing if unlikely serial killer, his flat, Midwestern delivery ringing more sincere than sinister, more Charlie Brown than Charles Manson. His voiceovers purportedly allow us into the mind of a killer, but what we hear isn't all that different from what we see. Vann isn't faking the nice-guy veneer, he is a nice guy, with this one little quirk. Clearly, this is not your typical edge-of-your-seat thriller, but the slow, dreamy pace is nonetheless entrancing. There are moments of intense grace and humor here, too. Janeane Garofalo breaks away from the smart-aleck mold to portray a postal employee smitten with Vann, and Mercedes Ruehl takes a compelling turn as his troubled landlady. "I like the detail of a thing," Vann says. "Especially if it's got a purpose." While we may not know for certain whether this film has a purpose, the details dare you to stop watching, even for an instant. --Brangien Davis |
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| Some things can suprise you. Remember the bunny from MP's Holy Grail? Well, here's one for you--Owen Wilson playing a cold-blooded killer. Sound strange?
I'll admit, this seems like a hideously miscast role for him. But he nails it down pat. The Minus Man is about a seemingly normal young man who is drifting from town to town. He is good looking, friendly, laid back. An everyday kind of guy. But that's the true horror behind it. One of his hobbies is killing people. The reasons for this is left a question mark. That's what is the most frightening. He has no mental problems, no dark past, no chip on his shoulder. He could be anybody--you're best friend, neighbor, co-worker. Ebert called this "a psychological thriller of uncomon power." I'd have to agree with him. |
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