The Middle Man

2021

Action / Comedy / Drama

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 64% · 27 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 64%
IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 1109 1.1K

dark comedy deadpan

Plot summary

Frank Farrelli takes on the job as a middle man in the God-forsaken town of Karmack, USA, a community in a depression so deep that they need a middle man to professionally communicate more of the bad news.

Director

Bent Hamer Photo
Bent Hamer

Top cast

Kenneth Welsh Photo
Kenneth Welsh as Mr. Miller
Sheila McCarthy Photo
Sheila McCarthy as Mrs. Stout
Rossif Sutherland Photo
Rossif Sutherland as Steve Miller
Paul Gross Photo
Paul Gross as The Sherriff
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837.51 MB
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English 2.0
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25 fps
1 hr 31 min
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836.62 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
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25 fps
1 hr 31 min
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1.68 GB
1920*800
English 5.1
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1 hr 31 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by blitheblythe 3 / 10

This film is like being gaslit

All the way through you're waiting for it to be interesting. It never is. You keep wanting the 'quirkiness' to pay off. It never does. The storyline is both odd and predictable. It's like the filmmaker is trying to prove they're an 'artist' by making everything about the film awkward. Not so awkward that it would be notable, just awkward enough to try to be an 'art house' movie for people who hate art house movies.The cinematography is excellent. The actors are excellent actors. The production design is impressive, if a bit on the nose at times. But the script and direction are just completely and utterly dull, directionless, and trying too hard to be cool.It's the cinematic equivalent of one of those dudes at parties who quotes Camus and Satre but doesn't have anything to say for himself.Indulgent. Irritating. Smiling smugly at you when you finally admit you just don't get it. Even though there is quite genuinely nothing to 'get' about this film.
Reviewed by TellusProtector 8 / 10

Reviewing this as the credits roll

I was a bit skeptic to the film due to the "bad" score, but I liked the cast and was willing to give it a try. I am glad I did. This is one of those good films, with depth and very good acting. The scandinavian actors struggle some with sounding canadian/american, but it's not hurting the film.I guess the negative reviews are from folks wanting something else, this is just a good movie.
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