When you need somebody, anybody will do.
To remedy his financial problems, a travel agent has his eye on a frozen corpse, which just happens to be sought after by two hitmen.
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Contemporary, comic, classical in form and cool.
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- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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- Wuchakon TMDB · Mar 20206/10
***Quirky crime/dramedy with loads of black humor tries a little too hard*** The owner of a small travel agency in Alaska (Robin Williams) loves his wife with Tourette Syndrome (Holly Hunter), but he’s financially strapped and needs funds fast. After stumbling upon a frozen corpse he hatches a harebrained scheme that draws the suspicion of an obsessed insurance claims investigator (Giovanni Ribisi). Alison Lohman plays the latter’s live-in girlfriend while Woody Harrelson plays the protagonist’s wild brother. Tim Blake Nelson and W. Earl Brown are also on hand as goofy wannabe hitmen. “The Big White” (2005) is similar to “Fargo” (1996), but more eccentric and comedic. Imagine “A Simple Plan” (1998) or the later “Sugar Mountain” (2016) if they were oddball black comedies and you’d have a good idea. The cast is notable and it’s entertaining enough for what it is while attempting to balance the unsavory with the honorable, but it tries a bit too hard to be offbeat (which I suppose is better than not trying enough). Meanwhile the locations & cinematography are great, Lohman is stunning in a cute way and the score is exceptional. The movie runs 1 hour, 40 minutes, and was shot in Winnip
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Cast
- Robin WilliamsPaul Barnell
- Holly HunterMargaret Barnell
- Giovanni RibisiTed
- Tim Blake NelsonGary
- W. Earl BrownJimbo
- Woody HarrelsonRaymond Barnell
- Alison LohmanTiffany
- Marina Stephenson KerrAvis
- Billy MerastyCam
- Ralph AldermanMr. Branch
Crew
- Mark MylodDirector
- Collin FriesenWriter
- James GlennonDirector of Photography
- Mark MothersbaughOriginal Music Composer
- Julie MonroeEditor
- David FaigenblumProducer
- Christopher EbertsProducer
- Christopher RobertsProducer
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