Average Rating: 7.1/10
Reviews Counted: 11
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 3
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Release Date: Jun 14, 2000 Limited
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Robinson Devor directed this film noir parody about a used car salesman obsessed with writing and directing his dream project: a maudlin tale called The Man Who Got Away about a trucker who runs over a little girl. Richard Hudson (Seinfeld regular Patrick Warburton) works at a used car lot during a scalding hot summer in L.A. during the 1950s. The atmosphere, or perhaps the heat, begins to lead his drifting mind to the glamour of showbiz. After moving in with his floozy of a mom (she even flirts
Jun 14, 2000 Limited
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Proves that a strong character and a little ingenuity can sidestep any monetary limitations.
The Woman Chaser is a very off-kilter picture, and it's bound to throw viewers for a loop.
A cool, offbeat elegy for old school noir... a time warp Get Shorty with the experimental ethos of a student film and the studied composition of a [loving] homage.
This was the movie shown at my movie club last month (March). I rate it 3 stars. It's a nod to old film noirs. It's funny, disturbing, depressing, and just off-beat. It's getting a second revival on the movie circuit.
March 20, 2011Firstly -there is an excellent blog written here http://www.noiroftheweek.com/2007/11/woman-chaser-1999.html so I wont try to top that. This film is so very underrated. It would not surprise me if it gets some much needed attention in the future. Every time I see it I get sucked in to the story characters and the
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