Rick (2003)
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46% of critics liked it
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52% of users liked it
(797 ratings)
The amoral world of a handful of Wall Street businessmen is delineated in this black comedy written by Lemony Snicket creator Daniel Handler. Rick takes as its central character a mid-level manager (Bill Pullman) working in a nameless corporation for a boss, Duke (Aaron Stanford), who's nearly… More The amoral world of a handful of Wall Street businessmen is delineated in this black comedy written by Lemony Snicket creator Daniel Handler. Rick takes as its central character a mid-level manager (Bill Pullman) working in a nameless corporation for a boss, Duke (Aaron Stanford), who's nearly half his age. Duke and Rick are constantly one-upping each other around the office; compounding their contentious relationship is the fact that Duke is pursuing Rick's daughter, Eve (Agnes Bruckner), a teenager who frequents Internet sex-chat rooms. Rick thinks he has found the solution to his work problems in Buck (Dylan Baker), an old college buddy who's become a paid hitman; for a fee, he'll take care of anyone who comes between Rick and his climb up the corporate ladder. But when a jilted job interviewee (Sandra Oh) puts a hex on Rick, it seems his good fortune may come to an end. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi
- Directed By
- Curtiss Clayton
- Written By
- Daniel Handler
- Genres
- Drama
- In Theaters
- Oct 8, 2004 Limited
- Studio
- Vitagraph Films
Critic Reviews
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Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle
By hewing so faithfully to their source, the creators don't let the material pursue its own direction, and the result feels dramatically arbitrary.
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Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
[The] story and emotions seem a little too big for the frame.
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Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times
An ill-advised combination of tragedy and satire, it generally plays like the coffee-break fantasy of a temp who messed up a lunch order and paid for it with his dignity.
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Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Everything about this curio is claustrophobic.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
It's rotten to the core and right down to the end. But if you find that such extremes can be fascinating, then the movie may cheer you, not because it is happy, but because it goes for broke.
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Cast
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Bill Pullman
as Rick O'Lette
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Aaron Stanford
as Duke
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Agnes Bruckner
as Eve
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Sandra Oh
as Michelle
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Dylan Baker
as Buck
- Paz de la Huerta
- Marianne Hagan
- Emmanuelle Chriqui
- Jamie Harris
- Robin Goldsmith
