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The Man Who Wasn't There

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The Man Who Wasn't There
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R,1hr 56min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama,Romance
Released:
October 31, 2001
Director:
Joel Coen
Distributor:
USA Films
Starring:
Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, Michael Badalucco  ...more
Synopsis: Set in a sleepy Northern California town in the 1940s, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen's The Man Who Wasn't There stars Billy Bob Thornton as Ed Crane, a humble barber who suspects his hard-hearted and hard-drinking wife Doris (Frances McDormand) of having an affair with her boss (James Gandolfini). When a jocular stranger (Jon Polito) breezes into town hinting at the fortune to be made investing in an outlandish-sounding new invention called dry cleaning, Ed hatches a blackmail scheme he hopes will make ... Full Synopsis
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Richard Schickel, Time
If this were not such great American-vernacular moviemaking -- hilarious yet hypnotic -- one would be tempted to see something Greek in the tragedy that Ed never comprehends. Full Review
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73
Generally favorable reviews
out of 100
Based on 33 critic reviews
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