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The Minus Man

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58% Tomatometer 36 Reviews 45% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
Aimless Vann Siegert (Owen Wilson) takes a bizarre turn in life and becomes a serial killer, tracking down the miserable, the self-destructive and those who otherwise seem willing to die. His first victim is wretched junkie Casper (Sheryl Crow). After disposing of her body, Siegert rents a room from turbulent couple Jane and Doug Durwin (Mercedes Ruehl, Brian Cox). From there, Siegert plots his murders, gets work at the post office and falls deeper and deeper into a psychotic haze.
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While its subdued thrills and lack of answers may prove frustrating, The Minus Man delivers a chillingly measured performance from Owen Wilson.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 01/01/2000
3/4
Owen Wilson, who can look reassuring or not, depending on how much tension he allows into his face, finds the right insidious, ingratiating tone for Van. Go to Full Review Ray Pride Newcity 07/04/2024
8/10
Beyond the stylization of the drama, Fancher also demonstrates an ear for poetic language, flat yet flowering, capturing some unspecified damage in each character’s way of speaking. Go to Full Review Caffeinated Clint Moviehole 03/11/2006
3/5
A powerful performance by Wilson....and believe me, you've never seen him like this! Go to Full Review Film Threat 12/06/2005
2/5
Film Threat 12/06/2005
3.5/5
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/15/2005
2/5
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Sponge B @RT02640473 Jul 25 interesting movie, not very tense. See more Steven B @RT77676529 Jan 31 The word that comes to mind is disjointed. Rambling wacko kills for no reasons See more john b @RT57721896 06/30/2025 A peculiar off beat story of a serial killer. Moody and surreal. A good movie, but ending leaves too many unanswered questions. So many questions that it makes you wonder what was the point. Still, oddly worth a watch. See more Thomas W @Enigma0999 02/26/2025 super boring little happens with a dull ending. See more Dag N @RT85536780 12/15/2024 Great pre release publicity blurb about “ talking about it three days afterwards “ The Classic Hour of The Wolf by Ingemar Bergman is like that . However that was conceived by a genius . The Minus Man isn’t genius . It is what I call competent mediocre. The acting , directing, and story is good enough but film overall just doesn’t crossover that Classic or Cult Classic line . I get that leading characters need not be immediately scintillating and seductive but taking this into consideration I still maintain Minus Man is not Art . Film fans of this film might think I am being to lofty hard on it but the Creators of Minus Man do have those ambitions for their project and it falls short . See more mark g @Mark_Alan_G. 10/27/2024 Bored out of my mind. Good talent assembled. But you just wait for it to get clever or interesting and it never does. Had a surreal feel to it, but just tedious. See more Read all reviews
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Hampton Fancher

Director

Owen Wilson

Vann

Brian Cox

Doug

Mercedes Ruehl

Jane

Janeane Garofalo

Ferrin

Dwight Yoakam

Blair

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Synopsis Aimless Vann Siegert (Owen Wilson) takes a bizarre turn in life and becomes a serial killer, tracking down the miserable, the self-destructive and those who otherwise seem willing to die. His first victim is wretched junkie Casper (Sheryl Crow). After disposing of her body, Siegert rents a room from turbulent couple Jane and Doug Durwin (Mercedes Ruehl, Brian Cox). From there, Siegert plots his murders, gets work at the post office and falls deeper and deeper into a psychotic haze.
Director
Hampton Fancher
Producer
Fida Attieh, David Bushell
Screenwriter
Hampton Fancher
Production Co
Shooting Gallery
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA)
$368.8K
Runtime
1h 55m
Sound Mix
Surround
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