Dead Man
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- Synopsis
- A dark, bitter commentary on modern American life cloaked in the form of a surrealist western, Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man stars Johnny Depp as William Blake, a newly-orphaned accountant who leaves his home in Cleveland to accept a job in the frontier ......
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- Starring
- Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Lance Henriksen, Michael Wincott, Mili Avital
- Director(s)
- Jim Jarmusch
- Distributor(s)
- Electric Pictures
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 134 min.
Critic Reviews
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Los Angeles Times | Jack MathewsAdd Critic to Favorites
Its characters are as entertainingly quirky as any he's given us before, and his familiar themes -- strangers in a strange land, lives reformed by chance encounters -- are played out with much higher stakes and with greater purpose.Read the full review
The Onion (A.V. Club) | Maria SchneiderAdd Critic to Favorites
Jarmusch's trademark quiet irony, affinity for the outcast and oddball, and moonscape visuals suit the Western genre well.Read the full review
San Francisco Chronicle | Edward GuthmannAdd Critic to Favorites
Dead Man plays a lot of cards at the same time, and Jarmusch occasionally loses his rhythm when he allows his actors their improvisational riffs.Read the full review
