Aidan Quinn, Alice Drummond, Amy Sedaris, Anthony LaPaglia, Courteney Cox ...( see more  see more... ) , Louis Zorich , Pamela Gray , Pat McNamara , Tom Aldredge

Aidan Quinn plays a man so aggrieved by his misfortunes that he vows to break each of God's Ten Commandments in revenge. But even that act of profound defiance doesn't quite work out the way he planne...( read more  read more... )d, and the character undergoes a mythic--some would say biblical--experience of a different kind. Quinn is fine, as is Anthony LaPaglia as his friend and Courteney Cox as a love interest. But the heavily stylized film by Daniel Taplitz makes puffery of the drama, and the atmosphere is more silly than smart. --Tom Keogh

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R, 88 min.

Directed by: Daniel Taplitz

Release Date: May 2, 1997

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DVD Release Date: November 23, 2004

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  • February 17, 2008
    Fantastic!
  • December 20, 2006
    I watched this film expecting not to like it, but watched it anyways because a friend recommended it. It turned out to be surprisingly charming.
  • December 15, 2009
    Classic Tale

    The Tito and Tarantula song After Dark is awesome
  • July 21, 2009
    Had some alright moments, but Aidan Quinn has definately done better.
  • March 9, 2009
    A good movie about a guy breaking God's commandments until he hears from the Lord. Should rent.
  • September 26, 2008
    Just could not get into this movie. I know its suppose to have this deeper meaning under its mildly comedic surface, but its just a bit dull little chemistry between the characters. At least the dog is cute in its sad little way.
  • July 8, 2008
    Review will be written when/if re-watched (Probability: Zero).

    First viewing: 08.02.1999
  • January 19, 2008
    A truly dark comedy. The ending kills the movie but the rest of it is extremely funny.
  • November 19, 2007
    This is not a movie that I would normally watch, but it happened to come on TV and I watched it. I thought it had an interesting point of view and was an interesting view overall.
  • June 23, 2007
    a different kind oflove story.

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