Review – The Man Who Wasn’t There

Late last night while I did sit / I saw a film that wouldn’t quit. / I think it’s running even yet. / If only it would leave my set. This movie suffers from the same big problem as most productions that take the “right man” approach: when the protagonist is a criminal scumbag, it’s hard to care enough about him to get involved in his story. Billy Bob Thornton in the stiffest, most rock-headed role of his stiff, rock-headed career doesn’t exactly help. He plays a barber whose scheme to blackmail his wife’s lover backfires, setting an endless stream of complications into motion. Though the picture includes a few cute Coen brothers touches, the endless parade of ways a creep can end up not getting arrested proves to be too much. See if desperate