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The Man (2005)

The Man poster
Directed by
Les Mayfield
Genre
comedy film, action film, buddy film, crime film
Country
Germany, United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 632 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A fast-talking smooth criminal is forced to team up with a neurotic dental supply salesman. The mismatched pair stumble through a series of mishaps as they try to take down a crime ring.

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What happens

The Man is a 2005 American buddy cop comedy film starring Samuel L. Jackson, Eugene Levy, and Miguel Ferrer. The Man was directed by Les Mayfield and produced by Rob Fried, from a screenplay by Jim Piddock, Margaret Oberman and Stephen Carpenter, and based on a story by Piddock and Oberman. Filming took place in Toronto, Hamilton and Oakville, Ontario, Canada. New Line Cinema released The Man in the United States on September 9, 2005 to negative reviews from critics. The film was a box office bomb, grossing $10.3 million against a $20 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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