It's the Rage

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A disparate group of strangers find themselves crossing paths and exchanging gunfire in this satiric comedy. Helen (Joan Allen) is awakened by gunfire in the middle of the night, and she discovers that her husband Warren (Jeff Daniels) has shot a man in their living room. The victim turns out to be Warren's partner. Warren claims he appeared in the house unannounced, and he fired before he could identify him. Helen doesn't entirely believe this story, especially given Warren's increasing paranoia and oft-stated belief that she's been unfaithful to him. It doesn't play any better with Tyler (Robert Forster) and Agee (Bokeem Woodbine), the police detectives investigating the killing. Helen leaves Warren and takes a job assisting an eccentric and hygienically challenged multi-millionaire, Mr. Morgan (Gary Sinise), causing Morgan to fire his previous assistant Tennell (Josh Brolin). Tennell seizes on this as an opportunity to pursue his dream of a career in the film industry, only to end up working at a video store. Tennell develops a crush on Annabelle Lee (Anna Paquin), a teenage girl who likes to shoplift. Annabelle's older brother (Giovanni Ribisi) is a disturbed drug addict with a fondness for firearms. Tennell discovers that he has a rival for Annabelle's affection in Tim (Andre Braugher), a lawyer who recently represented Warren in court (and helped him dodge a prison sentence); this, however, is very bad news for Chris (David Schwimmer), Tim's gay lover, who has just purchased a suitably romantic gift for them to share -- a pair of matching revolvers. Also shown as All the Rage, this film was the feature debut for director James D. Stern, and received its world premier at the 1999 Toronto Film Festival.

Rating:

R (violence)
Genre:

Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Directed By:

James D. Stern
Written By:

Keith Reddin
In Theaters:

Mar 4, 2000 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Aug 15, 2000
Runtime:

97 minutes
Studio:

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Cast

Jeff Daniels
as Warren Harding

Andre Braugher
as Tim Sullivan

Robert Forster
as Tyler

Gary Sinise
as Norton Morgan

Joan Allen
as Helen Harding

Giovanni Ribisi
as Sidney Lee

Josh Brolin
as Tennel

Anna Paquin
as Annabel Lee

David Schwimmer
as Chris

James Brolin

Bokeem Woodbine
as Agee

Muse Watson
as Todd

Wayne Morse
as Clerk

January Jones
as Janice Taylor

Deborah Offner
as Secretary

Barb Wallace
as Diana

Kevin Crowley
as Ed

Robert Peters
as Phil

Alex Watson
as Guard One

Dan Anders
as Coroner

Dan Pettersson
as Ambulance Driver

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Critic Reviews for It's the Rage

All Critics (11) | Top Critics (1) | DVD (2)

Watching this stridently 'offbeat' film, one cannot help but feel that the approach is completely wrongheaded.

Dec 27, 2006 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…

Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com
Keith Reddin's adaptation of his own stageplay about gun control is curiously muted. Still, there are tangible pleasures to be found, mainly in the film's delightfully off-kilter pairings.

Apr 28, 2003 | Rating: B- | Full Review…

Brent Simon
Entertainment Today
..guns take center stage as catalysts if not characters in their own right, not to mention conduits of sensuality, intimidation, foreplay and destiny.

Mar 24, 2001

Prairie Miller
WBAI Web Radio
It's the Rage is about guns and killing people and, essentially, it's a very funny movie.

Jan 1, 2000 | Full Review…

Shirley Sealy
Film Journal International

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Audience Reviews for It's the Rage

Apr 29, 2009

its not a great movie but i couldnt help but actually like it i loved gary sinise character as he seemed really sweet and cute but if you havent got anything to watch then thats the time to watch this movie i wouldnt go out of my way to watch this movie but it is wathcable

Film C Super Reviewer
Aug 10, 2006

A bizarrely plotted but relevant portrait of different entities filled with rage and whose lives interconnect. It's The Rage is definitely worth seeing yet it might not suit everyone.

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