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The Big White (2005)

Comedy | 105 minutes
2,78 464 votes

Genre: Comedy / Drama

Duration: 105 minuten

Country: Germany / Canada / New Zealand / United States

Directed by: Mark Mylod

Stars: Robin Williams, Holly Hunter and Giovanni Ribisi

IMDb score: 6,3 (15.726)

Releasedate: 27 October 2005

The Big White plot

"When you need somebody, anybody will do."

Paul Barnell is a bungling travel agent with a sick wife. His wife suffers from Tourette's Syndrome and Paul hopes that a move to a warmer place can provide a solution to his wife's uncontrollable swearing and name-calling. The problem, however, is that the family is not really wealthy, but don't worry. Paul comes up with a plan and steals a corpse, which turns out to be a mistake. Especially when two hitmen come to claim the body.

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avatar van Chainsaw

Chainsaw

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Witty. Had counted on a Robin Williams show, but luckily the rest of the cast also gets enough chance to shine. From Ribisi to Nelson to Hunter they do a great job. And Williams himself also plays very nice. Lohman's role alone was pretty pointless, if you ask me. Not a punishment to look at, but didn't really see the added value. Fortunately, the film doesn't have to rely so much on its genius plot or script. The film contains a portion of successful black humor, the characters are witty and visually it was also above average. The brilliant pictures may not have been forthcoming, but all in all, The Big White was a most charming comedy.

Better than I expected. 3.5 stars.

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John Lee Hooker

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Fargo look-a-like with striking characters and a few nice finds. From a technical point of view, some tinkering could have been done because not everything matched well and some scenes could have been shortened a bit. Small accidents kept happening and were not always successful. I also did not find Tourette's syndrome to contain much added value. Fortunately, the cast is doing well.

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K. V.

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I had this one lying around for a while and gave it a try. It wasn't a haha comedy, but I still had fun with it. I thought it was more of a drama/crime/comedy, but everything is never really extreme.

The cast wasn't bad and the story wasn't boring. Other than that, the movie looked great.

A nice film to have seen, not a great one, for that it excels too little in its genre, but still worth watching.

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