Rick, an NYC ad exec, disrespects a woman at a job interview. Rick and his boss bump into her later that evening, when she's their waitress. Rick gets her fired. It's payback time. He's curs... Read allRick, an NYC ad exec, disrespects a woman at a job interview. Rick and his boss bump into her later that evening, when she's their waitress. Rick gets her fired. It's payback time. He's cursed.Rick, an NYC ad exec, disrespects a woman at a job interview. Rick and his boss bump into her later that evening, when she's their waitress. Rick gets her fired. It's payback time. He's cursed.
- Awards
- 1 win
- Jed
- (as Todd Kovner)
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Storyline
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- TriviaRick takes his daughter to dinner at Verdi's, a restaurant named after the composer of 'Rigoletto', the opera from which the movie is drawn. While they dine, the music playing in the background is "La donna è mobile", the Duke's aria from the last act of the opera.
- GoofsWhen Buck gives his business card to Rick, it has a '666' phone number, but when Rick uses the business card in Eve's bedroom to set up the hit, the phone number starts with '555'.
- Quotes
BusinessTalk Anchor: Facade's corporate status is no joke, either. Last year the Wall Street Journal reported the company's earnings at 140 zillion dollars.
[pause]
BusinessTalk Anchor: I'm sorry, that can't be right.
- ConnectionsFeatures Kẻ Sát Nhân Cuồng Tín (2000)
- SoundtracksGreat Wooden Bridge
Written by Stephen French
I was expecting very little from this film and was awed by the quality of the production. Rick managed to build its own style as a film, being grotesque and dramatic, yet the moniker of DARK COMEDY was not a lie on the sleeve, it really was very funny.
Thankfully the film only follows the same general route as the opera. Guiseppe Verdi (sounds so dull when you translate it to English - Joe Green) never wrote for the screen. Yet... the production retains a very set-like feel, as if it was taken from a play.
The only criticism that I can really level at Rick is that it seems to lose its pacing in the last 15 minutes, when you can see the slow car-crash of a finale approaching. The director really passes up opportunities to build suspense and there is a feeling of an opportunity lost. However, this stands out only due to the quality overall.
In summary, it's got really superb characters, none of them are out of the box at all. Gothic and fatalistic, funny and sexy but cruel and merciless. The acting is faultless, stand-out performances from Bill Pullman and Sandra Oh, with a special mention for one of the most cringe-worthy bosses of all time to Aaron Stanford - watch out for him in the future.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $11,991
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,817
- Sep 26, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $11,991
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1