The Gingerbread Man
When lawyer Rick Magruder learns his one-night-stand lover's nut-case father Dixon is threatening her, he puts the weight of his law firm behind Mallory, has Dixon arrested and subpoenas her ex-husband Pete to testify against Dixon in court. Dixon is sent to an asylum, but escapes from there and the lives of many people are in danger.
5 November 1964, Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
15 August 1935, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
9 June 1988, Los Angeles, California, USA
4 April 1965, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
February 24, 2004
An underrated atmospheric thriller from Robert Altman
December 08, 2002
The performances are great.
January 01, 2000
If you like movies more than you do John Grisham, you can leave the story behind and listen to the filmmaking master class that Altman conducts on the screen.
June 05, 2002
Little more than 120 minutes of nifty storm sounds.
January 01, 2000
There's great pleasure in watching a movie in which the director has thought out everything beforehand.
February 14, 2001
Altman had a fine time composing difficult shots, through screens, bushes and sheets of rain, and Chungwei's images, sometimes delicate, sometimes harsh, stick with you long after you've forgotten their context.
January 01, 2000
With unexpected success, Robert Altman plays a John Grisham mystery in a seductive new key.
January 01, 2000
Unless one counts a few running gibes against lawyers that can easily be imagined coming from Grisham, Altman basically chooses to treat this hackneyed story straight.
June 06, 2003
A pulp melodrama in denial.
January 28, 2002
The unlikely pairing of John Grisham and Robert Altman proves rewarding for both partners.
April 25, 2003
Robert Altman the up-and- down director meets John Grisham the constant mediocrity. Just where, in our hypothetical picture, should we place that unlikely scene?
November 22, 2002
Altman and his great cast make the most of the material and deliver a solid movie.
