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The Bothersome Man
Why this pick
Its deadpan, stylized vision of office-bound alienation and an emotionally sterile society closely matches the bleakly comic unease surrounding Bob’s sudden disruption of routine.
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MOVIE2007 1h 35m USA
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Its meek office worker escapes humiliation and monotony through elaborate inner fantasies, making a lighter but thematically apt companion to Bob’s lonely, frustrated interior life.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Bob is a gray, bored and shy office worker who always keeps his head down. But after an event that occurs at his workplace, he becomes a hero. In an act of furious yet almost unintentional violence, he saves the life of Vanessa, the girl everyone in the office pins for. From this moment on, the two begin a peculiar relationship, one that is not exactly based on gratitude.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Elisha Cuthbert
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Tina D'Marco
Nurse
Maggie Wagner
Phil's Wife
Randolph Mantooth
Dr. Willis
Brian Lohmann
Maitre'D
Christian Slater
Bob Maconel