USA Films | Release Date: October 31, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
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The New YorkerAnthony Lane
Not for them the straightforward spoof, but, instead, a slightly creepy desire to have it both ways -- to inject new life into noir, but also to laugh behind their hands at its antique solemnity, and to urge us to follow suit. [5 Nov 2001, p. 105]
63
Lacks the requisite sense of dread.
63
The juice in "Man" comes from supporting characters.
38
Isn't serious enough to fulfill its ambitions, or funny enough to compensate for its failures.
30
Ordinary moviegoers, on the other hand, may wonder what they're supposed to feel, apart from bored.