Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Inadvands Boring, over-political, tech fuzed mess

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

Gordon-11 This film tells the story of a young man who moves to a town and takes up lodging with a unhappily married couple. The town gradually is plagued by mysterious murders, and residents can do nothing to stop the streak of untimely deaths.To be honest, I could not quite get into the story of "The Minus Man". Owen Wilson is too handsome and innocent looking for me to believe that he is a serial killer! His motives of killing are unclear to me either. There is no thrill, suspense or mystery in the film. The characters sail through the story, and there is nothing for me to hold my breath for. I find this film a little disappointing, as it could have been a thrilling mystery.

jjd430 This movie with a strong cast that I never heard of popped up on a cable movie channel tonight. I loved the promise of the basic plot, but the way Owen Wilson's character was presented (he comes across autistic, learning disabled, and asexual) makes it totally laughable that he would be crafty enough to formulate the rationale and resources to kill people.I'm surprised that Wilson didn't see what was happening during filming and demand a new direction with his character. He's terrible in this. I wonder why this flick suddenly pops up on high rotation on the cable movie networks. Wilson surely wants to forget about it. Jeanane Garofalo is pretty entertaining in it. So her fans should watch it, and maybe film students who want a good chuckle.

kai ringler I really liked this movie because it's not you're typical serial killer kinda flick, i mean ya , you do see people getting killed, but this guy is like nice to his victims and all, and really knows how to schmooze, sorta like Gary Gilmore,, but better i think. Owen Wilson, deserves kudos for this role,, i didn't think that he'd be able to pull of a serious role, but yet look at this he did it, with honors i must say,, only part of the movie i didn't care for was the way the cops were used in the flashback scenes, but hey other than that,, i also like the ending,, very classy i must say. Jeanane Garrofolo, gosh i'm sorry i think i butchered her name again,, is very sexy, and skinny in this one,, kind very cute,, sinful,, didn't really understand too much why he hit her,, but so powerful when she brought the dogie in to protect her.. very well done film,, about a weird, but likable serial killer who you would really never ever suspect, would really pull the wool over anyone's eyes,, i sure as heck wouldn't have suspected him.. i mean what serial killer would join the manhunt to find the victim that you just killed,, go check it out , you won't be disappointed.

oOgiandujaOo_and_Eddy_Merckx *Just a health warning from the start, you might find that if you're depressive this film does generate a desire for suicide.*What we have here is something to challenge your most basic social assumptions. Yes even yours, my countercultural amigo. We have a charming serial killer (Vann Siegert played by Owen Wilson), we have a killing spree across anonymous, sunlit rural America. Anyone thinking American Perfekt? Well what we have here is a bit more special than even that great movie.Here we have a gentle blond-haired murderer whose weapon of choice is a poisoned flask of amaretto (what better way to die?). He's so nice that when he sees an upturned rubbish bin at a lay-by on the highway he rights it and puts the rubbish back in. Because of his sweet character we are left to wonder at the motive for his murders, and it is not contradictory as some have suggested. Vann really believes he's being charitable.The first good deed of Vann we see is him putting a hardup depressed junkie out of her misery quietly and calmly, without pain. 'Well done' we're led to think for correcting this error, for subtracting this subtraction, for this analgesic act. This complicity leads us into unease as his next victim is the local football star, who, we are told can get into any college he wants to and is all set on joining the FBI afterwards. Zounds! Eftsoon we are lead to wonder what sort of life we are leading. Where even success is failure in the mental calculus of Vann Siegert. Indeed what fool would suspect that football+college+fbi=happiness? Perhaps some of you gin veterans, some of you workaday grunts (and I am one too - sigh) are nodding in agreement? This killer seems less of a Satan and more of an Evening Star. Here we have insight from the slacker culture, Vann tells us that his job running mail is the best he's ever had, something he could imagine doing forever. Why do we spend our waking hours consumed by greed and striving for status? This killer with argent veins, with his reaving net, a new Jesus? His message: to live life with never a sting.It will take giant nerves from you raving teens to carry on sympathising after he murders a stressed working man after an incredibly brief encounter at a diner. He seems to become more reckless as the movie carries on. It has been suggested that Vann Siegert 'is merely a reflection of what those who encounter him want him to be'. Indeed when Vann takes a room with Doug and Jane (Brian Cox and Mercedes Ruehl) he quite creepily takes over the role of their absent daughter whom they pine for. And whilst certainly most of us have the so-called Freudian death-wish it would certainly be a stretch to suggest that Vann is acting with any sort of moral authority in fulfilling it for us. Common sense suggests that if you found out someone you knew had murdered the local football hero, to save him having to suffer his perfect life, you would give them a damned good kicking. 'The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions' is the tagline from American Perfekt but would serve well for this movie. It's quite an unnerving film because of how submissive Owen Wilson's portrayal of this character is. Something we're not used to seeing on screen. Brian Cox's masochistic portrayal of Doug is also unsettling.Have yourself an arts evening, The Minus Man will keep you discussing sophomoric philosophy long in to the night, as the theatrical trailer promised. It suggests to me the old dichotomy between ancient and modern philosophy, those great Romans believed that one must have a reason to live, and failing that drink a bitter draught. These days living is default and we must have a reason to die. Perhaps that's how our absurd culture manages to perpetuate itself.I can't claim to have The Minus Man all squared in my head. Wherefore the mysterious fainting of Siegert, who murdered Jane and why, the extent to which Siegert may be manipulated by supernatural forces or perverse destiny. What the hell was going on between Ferrin and Vann? Of course this suggests that the film will reward multiple viewings.Perhaps the best reason to watch the film for all you bloods out there is that Mercedes Ruehl in this movie is most eminently f***able. Real wet dream material.In case you are nauseated by my dizzying verbosity consider how many of the instances of it in this review are anagrams of Vann Siegert. Something to ponder my friends. Especially as Vann in not in any encyclopedia of first names. I would suggest that 'never a sting' may be an intentional anagram.