The Big Empty2003
The Big Empty (2003)
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Cast
as John Person
as Grace
as Ruthie
as Neely
as Stella
as Agent Banks

as Indian Bob
as Elron
as Randy
as Cowboy
as Dan
as Indian Bob
as Candy

as Traveler

as Traveler
as Lt. Gates

as Traveler
as Traveler

as Traveler
Critic Reviews for The Big Empty
All Critics (6) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (2) | DVD (2)
The Big Empty is much more a romantic fable than Swingers, the singles comedy that established Favreau but has a similarly jovial, unpretentious charm.

If any film is destined to find a cult audience on DVD, it's The Big Empty.
Thanks to Favreau, even the film's most ridiculous detours carry a certain plausibility; he shines his indignities on and perseveres, and we can't help but sympathize.
Anderson squanders the setting's potential and a cast of indie-movie all-stars in his muddled and weak feature.
More amiable than laugh-out-loud funny.
Some may praise The Big Empty as a poor man's David Lynch-meets-The X-Files, but it's more of a starving homeless man's David Lynch-meets-The X-Files.
Audience Reviews for The Big Empty
odd and surreal, one of the better post swingers film for its lead. full of oddball characters and strange plot developments.
Super Reviewer
A quirky alien abduction comedy thriller (when was the last time you saw one of those?), this film was full of "woowoo" moments. Great cast and beautiful location filming. Not great film, but a good story. Jon Favreau plays a down-on-his-luck everyman who gets caught up in intrigue in order to clear his debts and start over. In the process, he proves himself to be a man of good character who winds up with the girl. And what is wrong with that? Entertainment, pure and simple.
Super Reviewer
A suitcase and a bowling ball bag along with a cast of off kilter characters including an aspring actor, a lolita and her jealous boyfriend, an FBI agent, a hooker, a cowboy, (what's a cowboy without) an indian, and others.. All meshed together in a small desert town out in "The Big Empty". I'm still not sure if I've got a complete handle on the movie and I've seen it quite a few times. That aside, I'm all about the quirky films that don't sacrifice plot or character development just to be different. This movie is different, but not just to be different.. amazingly it all fits within the context of the film. If you watch the deleted scenes and alternate scenes on the DVD it can clear a bit up, personally I like the extra mystery so I can fill in my own blanks. It can leave you in just enough fog to let your imagination run where it likes. Also, I'd have to say Cowboy (Sean Bean) is probably my favorite character I've come across in any movie.
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The Big Empty Quotes
Cowboy: | There's a whole other world out there...my ticket is open-ended. |
Cowboy: | There's a whole other world out there. My ticket is open-ended. |
Dan: | They're harvesting eggs and sprerm to start a master race. |
Ruthie: | The bar is my home...Stella is my Mom. |