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The Gingerbread Man

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Rick (Kenneth Branagh), a divorced lawyer, has what he thinks is going to be a one-night stand with the troubled but beautiful Mallory (Embeth Davidtz). However, he finds he's much too enamored with her to let the affair end so quickly. He offers to help her with some of her problems, most significantly, her unhinged father, Dixon (Robert Duvall), whom she claims is stalking her. Rick succeeds in getting the father committed, but the insane Dixon escapes the asylum and comes after the couple.
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Mike Clark USA Today 01/09/2018
2/4
The Gingerbread Man, a neo-noir thriller that unwinds with off-kilter promise, is the big yawn. Go to Full Review Rick Groen Globe and Mail 04/25/2003
2.5/4
Robert Altman the up-and- down director meets John Grisham the constant mediocrity. Just where, in our hypothetical picture, should we place that unlikely scene? Go to Full Review Jack Mathews Los Angeles Times 02/14/2001
Altman had a fine time composing difficult shots, through screens, bushes and sheets of rain, and Chungwei's images, sometimes delicate, sometimes harsh, stick with you long after you've forgotten their context. Go to Full Review Tom Hutchinson Radio Times 03/16/2024
3/5
Robert Altman forsakes the scattershot storytelling technique of Nashville and The Player for a more conventional form of movie-making with this dramatisation of a John Grisham story set in Savannah, Georgia. Go to Full Review Dan DiNicola The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY) 01/19/2023
C
Altman lays compelling groundwork for a story that eventually turns on deadly clichés, and Kenneth Branagh lacks the star power needed to overcome shortcomings of character and plot. Go to Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com 08/18/2020
3/5
More entertaining than the narrative's predictable beats are the swaths of dialogue floating in and out of focus from the support staff at Magruder's firm. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Alec B Sep 4 Its all fairly ludicrous but its interesting to see Altman make something like this. He pushes against the genre conventions (very little of the movie takes place in a courtroom) while also upping the stakes (the hurricane was apparently his idea) and the result is one of the more tolerable entries in the legal thriller genre. See more kristin h 11/20/2024 I know it's not exactly a critical success, but I love this movie. It's one of those movies that I can put on at night and fall asleep to, about 40 times in a row before I switch it out. I just adore Robert Duvall and Robert Downey Jr, and Daryl Hannah is great in this part. It's one of those things where I just love the feel of this movie. It's Savanah, most of the scenes are at night, and there's a hurricane on the way. The bar they hang out in reminds me of hurricane parties in Miami Beach, right across from the ocean, battenning down the hatches and stocking up on candles and liquor. See more Louise C 07/30/2023 Not as good as other John Grisham stories. However, he had discarded this one. Robert Altman made it into a film. I did find this interesting. Robert Duvall portrays the unhinged father well, and others put in a good performance. I watched it twice and liked it better the second time. See more Scott H 07/09/2023 Any reviewer who had a positive word to say about this disaster should never be trusted by anyone again, ever. See more Steve D 02/10/2023 Predictable and not quite effective despite a fantastic cast. See more William L 08/26/2019 Why the hell did I waste 115 minutes on this? See more Read all reviews
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Robert Altman

Director

Kenneth Branagh

Rick Magruder

Embeth Davidtz

Mallory Doss

Robert Downey Jr.

Clyde Pell

Daryl Hannah

Lois Harlan

Tom Berenger

Pete Randle

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Synopsis Rick (Kenneth Branagh), a divorced lawyer, has what he thinks is going to be a one-night stand with the troubled but beautiful Mallory (Embeth Davidtz). However, he finds he's much too enamored with her to let the affair end so quickly. He offers to help her with some of her problems, most significantly, her unhinged father, Dixon (Robert Duvall), whom she claims is stalking her. Rick succeeds in getting the father committed, but the insane Dixon escapes the asylum and comes after the couple.
Director
Robert Altman
Producer
Jeremy Tannenbaum
Screenwriter
Clyde Hayes
Production Co
Island Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 5, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.5M
Runtime
1h 55m
Sound Mix
Surround
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