- Release Date: 2000
- Runtime: 87 min
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Starring: Fisher Stevens, Annabella Sciorra, Alex Porter, John Slattery ... see all
- Director: Gary Winick
- Plot:
User Reviews
You will either love it or hate it.
Feb 08, 2004
cableaddict - imdb.com
Feb 08, 2004cableaddict - imdb.com
I just saw this remarkable, quirky little film on the IFC. I can understand how many gave it only one star. some people need lots of crude humor, or car crashes and buildings blowing up. What can you do? This film... Full review
A vehicle to finally see Fisher Stevens' talent
Oct 17, 2000
RBNY - imdb.com
Oct 17, 2000RBNY - imdb.com
I viewed this film at the Hamptons Film Festival. I found it to be enjoyable and quite interesting. The ending is not predictable and is quite thought provoking. It is the tale of a writer who seems to have a block... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Feb 24, 2005PopMatters
So says Sam Manning (Fisher Stevens)-writer, artist, complete jerk.....If Gary Winick's experimental DV film, Sam the Man , didn't tackle some difficult relationship questions so perceptively, its horrible lead and crappy lighting would have sunk it..... ... Full Review
filmcritic.com
Like all good cliched writers, he's unable to get the second book going....In a display of truly terrible decision-making, someone put Stevens in a Stetson that's too big for him..... ... Full Review
MTV.com
The film's cast, filled with notable and lesser-known New York actors, includes George Plimpton, Griffin Dunne, and Rob Morrow.
Things take a turn for the worse when the husband of one of Sam's conquests (Maria Bello) confronts him, leaving Sam covered in hard-to-explain injuries.
... Full Review
PopMatters
For Sam, the heartache that comes with his looming eviction, a disappointed fiancée, and fed up friends is apparently worth it to create his art.
Its almost as if Cass wants Sam to make mistakes, as if she gets something out of feeling superior.
... Full Review
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