The Big White

2005

Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama

21
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 56% · 10 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 56% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 15892 15.9K

business man hitman businessman kidnapping dark comedy insurance fraud

Plot summary

To remedy his financial problems, a travel agent has his eye on a frozen corpse, which just happens to be sought after by two hitmen.

Director

Mark Mylod Photo
Mark Mylod

Top cast

Holly Hunter Photo
Holly Hunter as Margaret Barnell
Craig March Photo
Craig March as Howard
Woody Harrelson Photo
Woody Harrelson as Raymond Barnell
Frank C. Turner Photo
Frank C. Turner as Dave
1080p.BluRay
1.64 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 11

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by GoldenSnitch77 7 / 10

Good ensemble black comedy...

I guess you could compare this film to Fargo or Mystery Alaska. Its worth a watch of you enjoy a black comedy. It has some great slapstick moments and the acting performances and direction are all fantastic. The humour may be a bit subtle for some people but I thought it had great charm throughout. The story line may seem a bit similar to other movies such as A simple plan, Shallow Grave and Fargo but there was enough originality to keep you interested. The Chemistry between Robin Williams and Giovanni Ribisi really works and you can tell the director gave them a chance to flow and add lib their scenes together. Some of the visuals out in the snow and mountains are stunning too. *** Rent it, you wont be disappointed.
Reviewed by mark.waltz 6 / 10

Sometimes tacky is just the way to go.

Certainly not a perfect film by any means and often tacky and mean-spirited, this film has some very funny moments that are hard not to laugh at in spite of the details surrounding the humor. It also rounds a hidden body found by Robin Williams Oh, an Alaskan travel agent who uses the corpse to try to scam an insurance agency out of a million dollars by claiming that is his brother, Woody Harrelson. Little does he know that someone is already searching for the corpse, and not only does he have the insurance company owner after him but a crazy criminal as well.While not a big fan of Holly Hunter's, I must say I guess she steals the film as Williams life who has Tourette's Syndrome. The way that she deals with the intruder criminal who holds her hostage is very funny, filled with some of the greatest one-liners I've seen in a modern comedy. Williams has an accent that goes in and out so that is rather disturbing, considering his comic genius, and Harrelson's character is just another one of his long line of Looney Tunes. The Alaskan snowy photography is of course gorgeous, and I must say that as a modern black comedy, I rated higher because I considered it a bit of guilty pleasure.
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