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'The Man' is tacky, tedious and tired

"The Man" stinks. And not just because most of the jokes in this sloppy action comedy concern the odors of a dopey dental supply salesman, Andy Fiddler (Eugene Levy), who's forced to admit to a furious federal agent, Derrick Vann (Samuel L. Jackson), that red meat gives him gas. And it isn't just mild wind-breaking, either. It's ear-splitting, air-polluting, atomic flatulence. That sort of grade-school humor is about as funny as things get, but it quickly turns tedious... Read the full review

TO SUM UP
When his partner is killed, streetwise federal agent Derrick Vann teams up with an unlikely partner — an affable dental supply salesman named Andy Fidler — to solve the murder and pull off a sting operation to nab the bad guys.

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New Line Cinema
'The Man'

Director: Les Mayfield
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Eugene Levy, Anthony Mackie, Luke Goss, Miguel Ferrer
Run time: 84 minutes
Release date: September 9, 2005
Rating: PG-13 for language, rude dialogue and some violence.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: D
"Sad, because ... once upon a time, Jackson made some good movies."


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