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

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Plot

Cast

as Bill * Jade Carter as Jim *

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as Chloe * Brian Cousins as Phil * Heidi Mark as Carol * Idalis DeLeón as Joan *

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as Stuart * Khrystyne Haje as Vanessa * Danny Ponce as Mickey *

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as Flora *

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as Ella *

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as The Reporter * Archie Hahn as Nick *

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as The Maid *

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as Johnathan * Shawnee Free Jones as Anna * Samantha Lloyd as Sylvia * Ivo Lopez as The Butler * Kristen Miller as Sally *

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as Parker *

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as Reg * Annie Sorell as Shauna * Rebecca Harrell Tickell as Donna * James Wilder as Vaughn * as Zarita

Production

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

Reception

Robert Koehler of ''

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'' wrote that while the cast "proves improvisationally capable", the plot is "rather conventional". Kevin Thomas of the ''

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'' 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."

References

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* * {{rotten-tomatoes, man_of_the_year_2002, Man of the Year American black comedy films 2002 black comedy films 2002 films