Utterly and fantastically boring and totally without purpose.
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09/21/05
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The Man (2005)
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Reviews Counted:98
Fresh:11
Rotten:87
Average Rating:3.3/10
Consensus: Despite the steely presence of Samuel L. Jackson and the comic timing of Eugene Levy, The Man's plot is pointless and its jokes rehashed, as it ends up playing out like the Odd Couple with gas.
Theatrical Release:Sep 9, 2005 Wide
Box Office: $8,278,660
Synopsis: Mismatching the two principal characters in a movie has become a comedy staple in Hollywood, and the tradition continues in director Les Mayfield's THE MAN. Andy Fidler (Eugene Levy) has a cheery... [More]
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Eugene Levy, Miguel Ferrer, Luke Goss
Director: Les Mayfield
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Reviews for The Man
Worthless movie.
09/09/05
While both actors are too professional to simply phone their performances in, they must have realized early on that they were fighting a losing battle against the material.
10/06/05
How far must these vets have fallen to endure two farting scenes, a peeing-in-the-pool scene, and repeated use of the phrase, "you're my *****."
09/09/05
The idea of casting the super-cool and street-smart Samuel L. Jackson with the clueless and impossibly nerdy Eugene Levy in an action buddy comedy is such an offbeat and inspired notion that it's impossible not to think of it without smiling.
09/08/05
Cop buddy comedies demand a framework for their antics, and that's where The Man stumbles.
09/06/05
Top CriticUsing the comic genius Levy simply for his bushy eyebrows is like using a Ming vase as a doorstop.
09/09/05
Top CriticThe Man [is] a vehicle of canned comedic setups that yield a slight buzz of low-level, odd-coupling amusement and a few welcome spasms of belly laughs.
09/09/05
Top CriticThe stunts are shamefully executed and lack any depth or significance. The camera angles amount to some of the most uninspiring cinematography in recent years.
09/09/05
A boring, all-you-can-regurgitate buffet of buddy-movie/cop-movie banality, it would collapse under the weight of its own generic stupidity (without) Jackson and Levy.
09/08/05
Only Levy gets out of this one looking good.
10/15/05
Do you value your time and money enough to spend 80 minutes waiting for two flatulence jokes?
09/12/05
A clever idea that wears thin long before the movie ends.
10/07/05
The Man is 83 minutes of flatulence-perfumed proof.
09/09/05
Top CriticI bow to the Buddha nature of Jackson and Levy....the average moviegoer in me can see the entertainment value in The Man. Just not $9 bucks worth.
09/09/05
As I was watching the movie, something strange happened... I started laughing.
09/09/05
When the bathroom humor is the best part of your film, it's time to go back to the drawing board.
09/07/05
Did the odd-couple buddy-cop genre officially die somewhere around the third Lethal Weapon installment?
09/12/05
Whenever I see cruddy movies such as "The Man," I figured that the actors either owed somebody a favor or signed a contract.
09/13/05
In this instance opposites don't attract, they repel - audiences that is
09/12/05
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