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Plot: When released in 1997, The Gingerbread Man was the only John Grisham movie that did not use one of the popular novelist's bestsellers as its inspiration. Rather, it's based on an original scree...( read more read more... )nplay by Grisham that displays the author's familiar flair for Southern characters and settings within a labyrinthine plot propelled by his trademark narrative twists and turns. Sporting a spot-on Georgian accent, Kenneth Branagh plays a Savannah attorney who comes to the assistance of a troubled woman (Embeth Davidtz) and finds himself enmeshed in a scenario involving the woman's father (Robert Duvall) that grows increasingly complex and dangerous, where nothing, of course, is really as it seems. It's a totally absorbing movie made in the modern film-noir tradition; what's most interesting here (and most underrated by critics at the time) is the combination of Grisham's mainstream mystery and the offbeat style of maverick director Robert Altman. Despite a battle with executives that nearly caused Altman to disown the film, The Gingerbread Man demonstrates the director's skill in bringing a fresh, characteristically offbeat approach to conventional material, especially in the use of a threatening hurricane to hold the plot in a state of dangerous urgency. Unfortunately overlooked during its theatrical release, this intelligent thriller provides a fine double bill with Francis Coppola's film of Grisham's The Rainmaker. --Jeff Shannon

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  • zackscott5
    zackscott5
    3.5 Stars
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    August 6, 2008
    This was Robert Altman's only real thriller and the way that his style is, I wish that he did more of them. His "Surveillance Camera" approach to movie making really makes a suspenful scene when it is done right. Yes there were times when I felt that I wasn't watching a Robert Altman movie which were probably the scenes that were re-shot when this movie was taken away from him. But a good thriller if you like them.
  • acorn072681
    acorn072681
    1.0 Star
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    November 9, 2007
    You would think Gary Busey as the gingerbread man would be cool, or funny, or... something. But you would be wrong.
  • Bill1978
    Bill1978
    2.5 Stars
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    August 18, 2007
    Not based on a printed novel. It's a b it obvious to why it was never published. The story drags it part and I got confused at some points. Any Grisham fan should still check it out.
  • powellet
    powellet
    3.0 Stars
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    November 22, 2006
    Altman surprisingly chose a John Grisham novel to adapt for the big screen...mixed results...not a terrible movie, but certainly not a masterpiece.
  • flynnparadox
    flynnparadox
    3.5 Stars
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    September 18, 2006
    Not particularly exciting thriller but the Altman style makes it interesting, along with good performances.

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  • Rated: (R)
  • Directed by: Robert Altman
  • Genres: Drama, Mystery & Suspense
  • Released: June 1, 1997
  • DVD Released: January 11, 2000

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