Bob Funk (2008)
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17% of critics liked it
(12 reviews) -
28% of users liked it
(8,291 ratings)
A divorced, alcoholic salesman attempts to pull his life together in time to get his old job back and avoid becoming the laughing stock of the company in this midlife crisis comedy starring Michael Leydon Campbell, Rachael Leigh Cook, and Amy Ryan. As if a failing marriage and a serious bout with… More A divorced, alcoholic salesman attempts to pull his life together in time to get his old job back and avoid becoming the laughing stock of the company in this midlife crisis comedy starring Michael Leydon Campbell, Rachael Leigh Cook, and Amy Ryan. As if a failing marriage and a serious bout with the bottle aren't troublesome enough, socially challenged salesman Bob Funk (Leydon Campbell) realizes that his life has really hit the skids when he's fired by his own mother (Grace Zabriskie). Now, in order to rejoin the sales force, Bob will have to take stock of his life and meet his problems head on. When Bob finds himself falling for the very woman his mother has hired in as his replacement, however, the road to recovery starts to get a little bumpy. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Craig Carlisle
- Written By
- Craig Carlisle
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
R,
- In Theaters
- Feb 22, 2009 Wide
- Studio
- Barholtz Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Nathan Lee, New York Times
Looks like a comedy, acts like a comedy and sounds like a comedy, but it isn't funny.
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Melissa Anderson, Village Voice
[Bob Funk] insists that we find charm in its protagonist's most odious behavior.
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Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
If you can get through the tedious first half of Bob Funk, there's actually a decent little character study waiting on the other side.
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Robert Koehler, Variety
Carlisle's film is designed with a certain suburban flatness that at times perfectly reflects Bob's inner deadness, though not his periodic spurts of sarcastic rage.
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
An aggressively unwatchable comedy...
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Cast
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Michael Leydon Campbell
as Bob Funk
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Rachael Leigh Cook
as Miss Thorne
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Amy Ryan
as Ms. Wright
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Grace Zabriskie
as Mrs. Funk
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Eddie Jemison
as Ron Funk
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Stephen Root
as Steve
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Lucy Davis
as Janet Funk
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Alex Désert
as Sonny
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Ron Canada
as Smiley
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Nadia Dajani
as Jean
