June 19, 2009
I dig the short story quite a lot, and Crispin Glover is the absolute perfect cast for Bartleby the Scriviner.
Brian Leonard, Carrie Snodgress, Crispin Glover
Bartleby begins his new job in a public records company office near a freeway, with an air conditioner that vibrates and a window without a view. But his new boss has trouble coping with Bartleby's pr...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 8, 2003
Stats: 103 reviews
Flixster Reviews (103)
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June 15, 2009Expected better. Melville's original story was great. Still fun to see insubordination pushed to the limit. How do I rate this film?? "I'd prefer not to..."
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May 24, 2008a hauntingly surreal and depressing look at the desperation of modern work-a-day life... the narrator has a few out of character moments when the narration doesnt quite match the character, but Glover is definitly a good fit for the film and Piscipoe is surprisingly good-granted,...( read more)
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March 9, 2008I loved the music. I can see how some people would love this but it wasn't really working for me. The atmosphere was so dark comedy.
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February 17, 2008I loved this movie. It's one of the oddest and most open ended films I've ever seen. It just kind of sticks with you in this weird unexplainable way. Crispin Glover is great as a lonely and socially awkward office worker who begins to answer nearly every request/question posed to...( read more)
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July 22, 2007Crispin is right and the production design/theremin soundtrack quirk up this modern version of the famous short story.
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Critic Reviews
June 21, 2002
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
June 7, 2002
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
This is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood. full review
May 24, 2002
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
I admire it and yet cannot recommend it, because it overstays its natural running time. full review
April 16, 2001
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Mr. Parker has brilliantly updated his source and grasped its essence, composing a sorrowful and hilarious tone poem about alienated labor, or an absurdist workplace sitcom. full review
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