A New Wave
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Plot
A would-be artist is working in a dead end job as a bank teller. At the urging of his movie-obsessed slacker roommate (John KrasinskiJohn Krasinski
John Burke Krasinski is an American actor, film director, and writer. He is most widely known for playing Jim Halpert on the NBC sitcom The Office...
), he agrees to be the inside man for a bank heist. While the heist plans are coordinated, the artist’s girlfriend (Lacey Chabert
Lacey Chabert
Lacey Nicole Chabert is an American actress and voice actress, known for her roles as Claudia Salinger in the television drama Party of Five and as Gretchen Wieners in the movie Mean Girls...
) arranges for him to have his first gallery exhibition. But when he tries to stop the heist, the plan is too far into motion to be halted.
Cast
Actor | Role |
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Andrew Keegan Andrew Keegan Andrew Keegan is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his role of Joey Donner in the film 10 Things I Hate About You.-Life and career:... |
Desmond |
Lacey Chabert Lacey Chabert Lacey Nicole Chabert is an American actress and voice actress, known for her roles as Claudia Salinger in the television drama Party of Five and as Gretchen Wieners in the movie Mean Girls... |
Julie |
John Krasinski John Krasinski John Burke Krasinski is an American actor, film director, and writer. He is most widely known for playing Jim Halpert on the NBC sitcom The Office... |
Gideon |
Dean Edwards Dean Edwards Dean Edwards is an American stand-up comedian, actor, singer, writer, voice artist, comedian, and musician whose trademark is a voice similar to Eddie Murphy.... |
Rupert |
William Sadler William Sadler (actor) William Thomas Sadler is an American actor who works in film and television. His television and motion picture roles have included Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller in The Pacific, Luther Sloan in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Sheriff Jim Valenti in Roswell, convict Heywood in The Shawshank Redemption,... |
Mr. DeWitt |
Caprice Benedetti Caprice Benedetti Caprice Benedetti is an American actress. She is best known for her role in the 2002 science fiction movie Timequest in which she played Jacqueline Kennedy... |
Mrs. DeWitt |
Wass Stevens | Francois |
Thomas Edward Seymour Thomas Edward Seymour Thomas Edward Seymour is an American filmmaker, composer, singer-songwriter and actor.Thomas Edward Seymour is considered one of the Top Twenty Contemporary Underground Filmmakers in the U.S., according to the book The History of Independent Cinema This "Top Underground" status has been echoed... |
Marv |
Russ Russo | Julio Cortez |
Reception
Reviews for the film were mixed, with Film ThreatFilm Threat
Film Threat is a former print magazine and, now, webzine which focuses primarily on independent film, although it also reviews DVDs of mainstream films and Hollywood movies in theaters. It first appeared as a photocopied zine in 1985, created by Wayne State University students Chris Gore and André...
cheering it as “a deceptive sleeper” while FilmCritic.com complaining it as “a post-modern pastiche of heist flick and comedy, the kind popularized by Reservoir Dogs
Reservoir Dogs
Reservoir Dogs is an American crime film marking debut of director and writer Quentin Tarantino. It depicts the events before and after a botched diamond heist, but not the heist itself. Reservoir Dogs stars an ensemble cast: Harvey Keitel, Steve Buscemi, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, and...
and knocked off endlessly ever since it was released.”
External links
- A New Wave at Rotten TomatoesRotten TomatoesRotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films—widely known as a film review aggregator. Its name derives from the cliché of audiences throwing tomatoes and other vegetables at a poor stage performance...
- http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=interviews&Id=1149Interview with director Jason Carvey on Film ThreatFilm ThreatFilm Threat is a former print magazine and, now, webzine which focuses primarily on independent film, although it also reviews DVDs of mainstream films and Hollywood movies in theaters. It first appeared as a photocopied zine in 1985, created by Wayne State University students Chris Gore and André...
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