Snide and Prejudice (1997)
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31% of users liked it
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This unusual comedy-drama, set in an experimental psychiatric institute, is a departure for genre director Philippe Mora, whose usual oeuvre is science fiction, horror, and low-budget action films. Rene Auberjonois stars as Dr. Sam Cohen, director of the Temporal Displacement Foundation. Cohen's… More This unusual comedy-drama, set in an experimental psychiatric institute, is a departure for genre director Philippe Mora, whose usual oeuvre is science fiction, horror, and low-budget action films. Rene Auberjonois stars as Dr. Sam Cohen, director of the Temporal Displacement Foundation. Cohen's highly-offbeat but well-funded mission is to treat psychotic patients whose particular dysfunction is the belief that they are famous historical figures, with the chief therapy being psychodrama, the reenactment of passages from that figure's life. Although he has some patients who believe themselves to be artists or religious icons (Mick Fleetwood as Pablo Picasso and Jesse Grey Walken as Jesus Christ), Cohen's star patient (Angus MacFadyen) believes himself to be Adolf Hitler. The clever, mentally ill genius has inexorably drawn several fellow patients into his delusion, including Tessa (T.C. Warner), who now believes herself to be Eva Braun. Enacting the part of Hitler's father, Cohen hopes for a breakthrough with the group. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Directed By
- Philippe Mora
- Genres
- Art House & International, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 9, 2001 Wide
- On DVD
- Jun 17, 2003
Critic Reviews
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Brent Simon, Entertainment Today
A serio-comic tale of the absurd, Phillippe Mora's film isn't a perfect film, but it is bold, enveloping and fantastically thought-provoking, anchored by a vivid, maniacal, full-throttle performance from Angus Macfadyen.
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Cast
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Rene Auberjonois
as Dr. Sam Cohen
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Joseph Bottoms
as Himmler
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Samuel Bottoms
as Schaub
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Claudia Christian
as Renate Muller
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Richard Edson
as Hess
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Mick Fleetwood
as Pablo Picasso
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Brion James
as Goering
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Angus Macfadyen
as Adolf Hitler
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Brian McDermott
as Hindenberg
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Richard Moll
as Von Ludendorf
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T.C. Warner
as EvaBraun
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Michael Zelniker
as Goebbels
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Mena Suvari
as Geli
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J.D. Johnston
as Sheffield
- J.D. Johnson
- Jeffrey Combs
- Jesse Grey Walken
- Remy Auberjonois
- Sam Bottoms
