Alessandro Nivola, Chris Penn, D.B. Sweeney
A forensic detective (Fiennes) and an insurance claims investigator (Ryder) trek to investigate a potential Darwin Award winner. From www.darwinawards.com: "The Darwin Awards salute the improvement of...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 31, 2007
Stats: 853 reviews
The Darwin Awards is a flawed but oftentimes fun movie. Joseph Fiennes and Winona Ryder are great even if their chemistry is iffy at times. This movie is more of a series of funny parts but as a continuous narrative its really lacking. The casting, cameos or whatever were all acr...( read more)
Based on the website devoted to people who have removed themselves from the gene pool in variously absurd ways, this cash-in of the idea features Joseph Fiennes doing his best Adrian Monk impersonation as an insurance investigator looking into the claims of those involved. On pap...( read more)
This film, though it's ideas don't seem fully-developed, has a lot of heart, seen mostly in the sympathy Joseph Fiennes' character has for his fellow man.
It's interesting how they created some of the website's stories into a film..
i liked t..the sence of humour was kinda black and alternative..
i also enjoyed watching wynona ryder..
I feel that it's required to give a link to the site of the real Darwin awards. http://www.darwinawards.com the majority of the movie was based on real deaths dating back to 1991.
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