Edmond

R

Released Sep 2, 2005

1 hr. 22 min.

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

List

47%

74 Reviews

Tomatometer

46%

50,000+ Ratings

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Seemingly mild-mannered businessman Edmond Burke (William H. Macy) visits a fortuneteller and hears a remark that spurs him to leave his wife abruptly and seek what is missing from his life. Encounters with strangers and unsavory people weaken the barriers encompassing his long-suppressed rage, until Edmond explodes in violence.

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Critics Consensus

Despite an electrifying performance by William H. Macy, David Mamet's one-act morality play translates poorly into a film that is overburdened by dialogue.

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the sell of edmond is its nihilistic commitment to the cynical relationship the protagonist embodies between himself and the world around one, possessively entitled to the women and the non-white characters he interacts with. the praise you can give it is the rumination on the manic relationship people with general privilege have with those who don't - it's cruel in places and the discomfort comes from WHM's character stepping on the scenery, expecting a world he understood. in certain respects it is a question of what does a worker bee do when he realises he is a worker bee- instead of dismantling the system, he eats those around him.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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max n

What an awful movie. All this movie is a guy played by William H. Macy walking around New York City trying to get laid with women, and ends up getting into arguments with everyone he interacts with. And at the end he ends up in prison for killing a couple of people. Really hate this movie. This movie doesn't even have any reason to exist. Completely unwatchable.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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don s

A bit reminiscent of the Michael Douglas movie Falling Down, this indie drama based on a David Mamet play is more subtle but much less entertaining. Macy, as usual, is awesome. The downfall here is the story move too slowly and the tragic incidents that befall poor Edmond this night are all of his own making. None of it had to happen and life would have been better had it not. Not much of a moral.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Terrible, terrible movie. You will never get those 90 minutes back. Only proves that actors will do anything to get on the Big Silver Screen.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Audience Member

Objectively it's not good, but I enjoyed the nihilism and philosophically "overburdened" dialogue.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Audience Member

This literally may be the worst movie I've ever seen.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Stuart Gordon

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William H. Macy

Edmond Burke

Jeffrey Combs

Desk Clerk

Dulé Hill

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Bai Ling

Girl

Joe Mantegna

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It's disturbing and challenging and will worry away at you... But, that said, it is its own genre, is peculiarly riveting, and is only 87 minutes.

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Derek Malcolm

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This is a small film with a big payback, like a series of tableaux that illustrate how a mildmannered Mr Everyman can become viciously untamed.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 6, 2007

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Anthony Quinn

Independent (UK)

It plays like a low-cal Falling Down, with all the rage of Michael Douglas's office malcontent but none of his dark humour. Possibly the weakest thing Mamet has ever written.

Rated: 1/5

Jul 6, 2007

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David Nusair

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...an amateurish, context-free trainwreck devoid of positive attributes...

Rated: .5/4

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Enrique Buchichio

Uruguay Total

Hoy d%uFFFDa, (...) una pieza como Edmond no resulta todo lo inquietante que deber%uFFFDa. Eso quiz%uFFFDs sea lo verdaderamente llamativo.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 27, 2008

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Brian Holcomb

PopMatters

"Edmond" is beyond black comedy, it's a comedy in almost total stygian darkness. A comedy where the laughs make you cough up razor blades.

Rated: 8/10

Apr 20, 2008

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Synopsis

Seemingly mild-mannered businessman Edmond Burke (William H. Macy) visits a fortuneteller and hears a remark that spurs him to leave his wife abruptly and seek what is missing from his life. Encounters with strangers and unsavory people weaken the barriers encompassing his long-suppressed rage, until Edmond explodes in violence.

Director: Stuart Gordon
Executive Producer: Al Corley, Bart Rosenblatt, Eugene Musso, Gary Rubin
Screenwriter: David Mamet
Production Co: Werner Film LLC, Pretty Dangerous Films, Dog Pond Films, Neverland Films, Muse Productions, Code Entertainment
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Nudity|Sexual Dialogue|Strong Language|Violence)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 2, 2005, Original
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Jul 14, 2006
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 30, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $131.6K
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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