Man of the Year (2002 film)

Man of the Year is a 2002 American black comedy film directed by Straw Weisman, starring John Ritter.

Man of the Year
Directed byStraw Weisman
Produced byBetsy Fels
Andy Goldberg
Richard Mann
Starring
CinematographyAl Satterwhite
Edited byBill Black
Music byDavid S. Kates
Jeffrey Silverman
Release dates
12 April 2002 (Method Fest Independent Film Festival)
5 December 2003 (Los Angeles)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25,000[1]

Cast

Production

The film was shot in 12 hours on July 27, 2001. Ritter was reportedly paid $100 for his work in the film.[1][2]

Reception

Robert Koehler of Variety wrote that while the cast "proves improvisationally capable", the plot is "rather conventional".[3]

Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote that Weisman "slices and dices his images to such an extent that it takes a lot of time for the story lines and the key characters and their tangled and changing relationships to emerge with any clarity", and that "when it becomes possible to identify the people and keep track of them, they by and large prove to be generic characters rather than distinctive individuals."[4]

References
  1. "John Ritter's Dinner With Friends". CBS News. November 3, 2003. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  2. "Ritter's 'Man of the Year' comes to screen". Today.com. December 16, 2003. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  3. Koehler, Robert (11 March 2003). "Man of the Year". Variety. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  4. Thomas, Kevin (5 December 2003). "Just too many people". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
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