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Rated: R; DVD Release Date: Oct 03, 2006; Genre: Comedy; With: William H. Macy and Joe Mantegna; Distributor: First Independent Pictures
B+
By Ken Tucker
Ken Tucker
Ken Tucker
Ken Tucker is critic-at-large for EW

The film of David Mamet's play, Edmond, about a meek businessman (Macy) who goes on a sudden, ferocious tear is marred by a lack of motivation for his worst behavior, but redeemed by witty sordidness and some marvelously nuanced acting by Macy, Stiles, and Rebecca Pidgeon. EXTRAS
Commentaries include a laconic one from Mamet: great stretches of silence interrupted by the writer muttering things like ''Oh, dear'' and ''God, I'm funny sometimes, I must say.'' He also reveals a funny, if mean, term for a waitress/actress: ''wacktress.''


Posted Oct 06, 2006
 

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