The Man (2005)
Average Rating: 3.3/10
Reviews Counted: 100
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 89
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.
Average Rating: 3.5/10
Critic Reviews: 32
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 30
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.
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Les Mayfield directs Samuel L. Jackson and Eugene Levy in the buddy action comedy The Man. Jackson plays ATF agent Derrick Vann. His partner, who it turns out was corrupt, has been killed after a cache of guns were stolen from the ATF office in Detroit. Internal affairs believe Derrick was in on the gun theft, forcing him to go off on his own to bring the bad guys to justice. Dental supply salesman Andy Fiddler (Levy) happens to be in Detroit for a business convention. During the course of
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Samuel L. Jackson
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Eugene Levy
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Luke Goss
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Miguel Ferrer
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Susie Essman
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Anthony Mackie
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Horatio Sanz
Diaz -
Rachael Crawford
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All Critics (108) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (91) | DVD (13)
So tired.
Top CriticIn Roy Orbison terms, enduring this movie is like working for The Man.
At what point do you know that a movie isn't just bad, it's off-the-scale, surrender-all-hope, no-turning-back bad?
At a zippy 83 minutes (including an ingenious title sequence that sets up the crime), The Man could be a lot worse. But with this kind of talent, it should be a lot better.
The Man arrives in theaters today with a sheet over its head and a tag on its toe.
The chattering salesman and the curse-crazy cop never click, but they have their moments.
Sad excuse for a buddy cop movie, not for younger teens.
A derivative, readily-forgettable insult to the intelligence!
A derivative, readily-forgettable insult to the intelligence.
...watered-down and egregiously silly...
Jackson seems to get better with age...
If the fart jokes had been cut out, if the ultimate identity were less of an anticlimax, if Levy had had some context, if Jackson showed the slightest rapport with his co-star... No, it's no good; The Man is a dud. Move along people, nothing to see here.
Only Levy gets out of this one looking good.
A clever idea that wears thin long before the movie ends.
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.
I haven't seen such meaningful insight into the nature of human cooperation since this morning's Sesame Street.
Utterly and fantastically boring and totally without purpose.
There's nothing here you haven't seen elsewhere.
It's not dreadful, but the movie is executed with total indifference, as if its creators are working from a checklist.
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Foreign Titles
- The Man (2005) (DE)
- The Man (2003) (UK)
