Storyline
When a hapless, unfunny, wanna-be comedian picks up a mysterious hitchhiker on his way to Vegas to audition for the Monte Guy show, he unwittingly becomes trapped in a desert-town killing spree that also has a very unexpected consequence - it improves his comedy.
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Cast
Chad Donella, Maria Olsen, Anne Dudek, Jim O'Heir, Tracey Walter, Chris Gann, Steven Shaw, Craig Shoemaker, Robert Catrini, Jocelyn Ayanna, Dan Considine, Andrew J. West, Brandon Van Vliet, Josh McDermitt, Barbo K. Adler, Chairman Barnes, T'Shaun Barrett, Danny Belrose, Patrick Cannon, Linna Carter, Kate Crowley, Salvatore Giovia, Kelly Mantle, Jake Novak, Tim Sheridan, Jason Stachowsky, Stephanie Stachowsky, Meredith Thomas, James Underdown
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Reviews
75
In more careless hands, Middle Man’s deranged farce could have resulted in an unchecked, undisciplined movie with nothing to say. But beneath the roller-coaster madness here is an earthbound terror that art is meant to reveal.
40
The execution is weak, and Crowley does himself no favors by repeatedly invoking the memory of more psychologically persuasive films like Five Easy Pieces and Deliverance.
40
Crowley’s thinly conceived debut feature only has one big joke, and everything around it is either long-winded setup or deflating letdown.
30
It commits the worst comedy crime of all — there’s no punchline.
