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He Was a Quiet Man

He seemed like such a nice guy.. He pretty much kept to himself...

2007 · 1h 35m · Not Rated Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by Frank A. Cappello

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Overview

An unhinged office worker who planned to go on a shooting spree at his workplace struggles with his newfound status as a hero after he ends up stopping a shooting spree instead.

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All reviews
80%
Tomatometer
Fresh

With the right audience He Was a Quiet Man might well play as black comedy. But Slater, disappearing into his role, brings a note of earnest desperation to his performance that's hard to laugh at, and hard to look away from.

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Rotten

Slater does well to soften the lines of his no-hoper caricature, but writer-director Cappello steers his film to nowhere particularly memorable.

Cath Clarke, Time Out
Fresh

Imagine Marty if Marty had turned out to be the Unabomber and you'll have the gist of writer-director Frank Cappello's oddly compelling, pitch-black comedy.

Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly
Rotten

He's [Christian Slater] still a capable actor, but seems to be having as much trouble finding good scripts as his Heathers co-star Winona Ryder.

Lou Lumenick, New York Post

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