Synopsis
A case of mistaken identity forces a Federal agent and a dental supply salesman to team up as they speed through the streets of Detroit to pull off a sting operation and solve the murder of the agent's former partner.
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Cast
- Samuel L. JacksonDerrick Vann
- Eugene LevyAndy Fiddler
- Luke GossJoey Kane
- Miguel FerrerAgent Peters
- Susie EssmanLt. Rita Carbone
- Anthony MackieBooty
- Gigi RiceSusan
- Rachael CrawfordDara Vann
- Philip AkinSecond I.A. Agent
- Christopher MurrayHomeless Man
Recommendations
- 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Who knew Samuel L. Jackson and Eugene Levy would make such a dynamic comic duo? - 63
ReelViews
Levy and Jackson save the day, and the film. The Man isn't great entertainment, but it contains enough laughter-provoking material to make it worth a look. - 50
Variety
Functional if thoroughly uninspired movie. Because it clings to the comedy-action template of "48 Hrs.," pic feels like it could have been made 15 years ago. - 50
The New York Times
While nothing in the movie - least of all the two main performances - is especially fresh or original, it does have a few decent gags and amusing moments. - 40
L.A. Weekly
Jackson and Levy strike only damp sparks off each other, and they seem to have been introduced to each other --without benefit of rehearsal -- mere moments before the director cried "Action!" - 38
Chicago Sun-Times
Nobody needed to make it, nobody needs to see it, Jackson and Levy are too successful to waste time with it. It plays less like a film than like a deal. - 33
Entertainment Weekly
Most of The Man is as awful as last year's debacle, "Taxi," yet Levy, stuck in a no-brainer variation on Billy Crystal's predicament in "Analyze This," shows just enough noodgy passive-aggression to suggest what the movie might have been were it not shackled to buddy-action clichés. - 30
Washington Post
Unfortunately, The Man makes the mistake of assuming casting is all it takes to make a good comedy.
