The Answer Man (Arlen Faber)2009
The Answer Man (Arlen Faber) (2009)
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Critic Consensus: The Answer Man takes an interesting premise and overloads it with implausible scenarios, indie comedy cliches, and an all-too-familiar story arc that only occasionally benefits from its typically capable actors.
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Cast
as Arlen Faber
as Elizabeth
as Kris Lucas
as Anne
as Dahlia
as Terry Fraser
as Mrs. Gold
as Ross
as Alex
as Mailman
as Journalist
as Mr. Lucas
as Young Girl
as Customer
as Businessman #1
as Roy
as Male Customer
as Paul
as Patient
as Singing Grandmother
as Singing Wife
as Old Woman
as Singing Son
as Singing Daughter
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Critic Reviews for The Answer Man (Arlen Faber)
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The Answer Man is reaching for something but never quite grasps it.
While The Answer Man has a meandering pace and ultimately goes precisely where you think it will, first-timer Hindman makes the journey pleasant among these literate and interesting folk.
Thanks to a stupendously inept finale it ends up going nowhere, and by the time it fades to black the only question I had was what could have potentially been changed to salvage it.
These are FATAL flaws in the screenplay -- not rooting for the romance to work and not rooting for the lead to find redemption. I wanted God to strike Arlen Faber down in the street.
How much more interesting is a film like (500) Days of Summer, which is about the complexities of life, in comparison with this one, which cheerfully cycles through the cliches.
The Answer Man is a perfect example of an Intelligent Bad Movie, easy to take, promising along the way ... And then things start to go wrong.
Audience Reviews for The Answer Man (Arlen Faber)
A soft spoken and fine romantic comedy about a guy who wrote a what becomes a best-selling novel about talking to God and now lives in tremulous fear that his legions of fans will discover him a fraud ... until he meets a woman who changes his life. Fine performances tie together this family friendly (except for the occasional slipped oath) and well written story of redemption through trusting ... people.
Super Reviewer
Nice little movie. I enjoyed it. Nothing amazing happens in it, but it is very watchable and has a great cast including Lauren Graham and Lou Taylor Pucci. The lives of a few people cross including a chiropractor (Lauren Graham), a grumpy writer (Jeff Daniels) and a guy recently out of rehab (Lou Taylor Pucci). All are dealing with issues in their day to day lives. Funny and moving.
Super Reviewer
I'm usually very scepticle of my mothers taste in movies, but she insisted I watch this movie. The plot is interesting, but it stole many elements from "As Good as it Gets". The story revolves around a writer who became famous for writing a book about how he could talk to God and the answers he got, a chiropractor who loves her son more then anything in the world, and the alchoholic owner of a book store who is struggling through hard times and just needs answers. If you're at the movie store with your girlfriend, and you see it there, and they have no copies of "{500} Days of Summer" left, get this movie. I almost cried at the end. Thats saying a lot because I have only cried watching 5 movies in my life. The very best part of this film though, is the answers. The book store owner makes a deal with the writer to take books for answers to questions. The answers that this writer comes up with are the best answers to questions I've ever heard. This film may be recycled material, but the thinking is fresh. If you need to watch a movie that makes you think, rent this movie.
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