The Gingerbread Man (1998)
Genre: Thriller
Duration: 110 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Robert Altman
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz and Robert Downey Jr.
IMDb score:
5,7 (12.217)
Releasedate: 23 January 1998
The Gingerbread Man plot
"Based on an original story by John Grisham."
Lawyer Rick Magruder has a one night stand affair with caterer Mallory Dossen and he soon falls in love with her. When Magruder discovers that Mallory is being terrorized by her insane father Dixon, he enlists the help of colleagues to bring him to justice. Mallory's ex-husband testifies against Dixon, after which he is locked up in a mental institution. Soon he escapes and no one is safe, not even Magruder's children.
Actors and actresses
Rick Magruder
Mallory Doss
Clyde Pell
Lois Harlan
Pete Randle
Leeanne Magruder
Libby Magruder
Jeff Magruder
Dixon Doss
Carl Alden
Reviews & comments
moviemafketel
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- 19752 messages
- 2118 votes
The title sounded appealing. But that was the only thing appealing. It's a pretty big feat if you stick with the movie. The plot twist that you expect after a few minutes will unfortunately also come true. It's just been used so many times that the pathetic female ends up being the femme fatale going for the money.
It's a real B-movie that I think takes itself a bit seriously and was once made to make an A-movie.
I also found it so vague that Magruder arrives a little later at Dossen's house as Downey Jr. and suddenly a few minutes later we see that he is dead on a ship. I would have loved to have seen the murder and what they said to Downey Jr. before they did this. It was pretty rushed.
Embeth Davidtz is a beautiful girl (nice that I only recognized her from Californocation after a few minutes), but I never once saw her as a femme fatale. The anger she shows on the ship at the end is downright ridiculous.
No, this movie is not worth more than 1 star.
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Number23
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- 8638 messages
- 5707 votes
Moderate thriller. It's a shame that the confluence of circumstances and coincidences that send the main character into a downward spiral are not really smoothly brought. It's just not all. Also a bit because of the actors who have little appearance. As a result, Duvall has a greater impact. A fantastic actor in any case, also easily steals every scene he is in. Unfortunately, they are not in the majority. Downey does his thing, Branagh is still good with his 'southern' accent and then you come to Davidtz, completely flat (literally and figuratively) bitch. No wonder we don't see them more often.
Finally THE moment of the movie:
- Actually every time Duvall is in the picture the film comes alive, but his mates laughing in court after he shreds a document demonstratively are also worth mentioning.
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mister blonde
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- 12709 messages
- 5847 votes
How strange, those low ratings (although I'm not that far above in my final rating). Found it very solid. I have not seen the Altman stamp, I think it was really just a hired hand here. There are two indications to me for the low valuation everywhere. The most charismaless protagonist ever and the obligatory plot twist that belongs to a neo noir/film noir. How predictable that is. How many movies like that have we seen? It also didn't seem right because the femme fatale could never have foreseen the result of many actions, such as the escape and it was not at all certain that her father would be shot in this way.
In addition, it is reasonably atmospheric, quite exciting, nice supporting roles and it looks easy. That's why I don't (completely) understand the low rating. Perhaps it is the promissory note of an Altman with a star cast, after a work by Grisham. In short, thought it made up for the entertainment, with a few serious cosmetic flaws. Somewhere between 3 and 3.5 stars. To judge my intention more rigorously gives him the benefit of the doubt.
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