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starring: Daniel Stern, James Caan, Patricia Richardson, Lacey Kohl, Sherry Stringfielddirected by: Jason Bloom
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0012236119746
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Label: Live / Artisan
Manufacturer: Live / Artisan
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Live / Artisan
Release Date: August 21, 2001
Running Time: 97 minutes
Sales Rank: 165764
Studio: Live / Artisan
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
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Average Rating: 
Rating:  - aka "VIVA LAS NOWHERE"
Frank Jacobs (Daniel Stern) is not the most fortunate guy in the world. A struggling songwriter who is married to a borderline psycho Helen(Patricia Richardson) and operating a run down hotel in the middle of nowhere; Frank's existance seems to be a perpetual dead end. But he soon sees an opprtunity to reverse his bad fortune when at the local nightclub he meets a country western singer, Julie (Lacey Kohl) who is married to a has-been music star named Roy (James Caan). Frank sees Julie as the perfect ... Read More
Rating:  - Goofball noir
This film is a real puzzler. It's meant to be a comic noir but the elements don't completely mesh. Is there a femme fatale? Yes. Is there an innocent man caught up in noir circumstances? Yes. Is there actual comedy? Yes. So what's wrong?
For those who really love noir, the problem is that the stakes are just not high enough. This is more like an American, winking-an-eye-at-you-because-you-know-none-of-this-is-serious-anyway noir. It's cartoon noir. The acting is OK. James Caan is ... Read More
Rating:  - Julian from ?
Great film. Daniel is great. great comedy, thriller very suspensful. james Caan is great also
Rating: - I REALLY enjoyed the film
I'm a fan of noir in general and of comic noir in particular, so it won't surprise you that I REALLY enjoyed the film. Im fact, I really can't think of any recent direct-to-video release that I've liked more. I rented the video on a flier, mostly because of the cast. The core of the film is the plot twists, which work exceptionally well - I had to stop the video twice (when the wife is shot and for the electrocution scene) just to catch my breath. The obvious comparison is with the Coen Brothers work, ... Read More
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