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Dominican Rep. Novocaine
- Original title
- Novocaine
- Year
- 2001
- Running time
- 94 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Chelcie Ross
Steve Martin
Laura Dern
Lynne Thigpen- Polly Noonan
Helena Bonham Carter- JoBe Cerny
Elias Koteas- Yasen Peyankov
Scott Caan- Teri Cotruzzola
- Lucina Paquet
- Preston Maybank
- Sally Kao
- Quincy Wong
Kevin Bacon- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Comedy. Thriller. Drama | Medical. Crime
- Synopsis
- Dr. Frank Sangster is a straight-laced dentist who because of one innocent lie, finds his tidy, prosperous life transformed into a comic quagmire of illicit sex, illegal drugs and inexplicable murder in this brilliantly offbeat, bitingly comedic film!
- Critics' reviews
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"A screwball film noir with a lot of medium laughs and a few great big ones"
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"'Novocaine' is neither funny enough to be a comedy, nor dark enough to be a true film noir. Like the drug of the title, it just kind of leaves you numb and anxious to taste the good stuff once again."
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"Martin's most adventurous film in many years, may be next best thing to a quick shot of nitrous oxide."
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"One moment it's farcical comedy, the next it's gruesome melodrama. The movie never finds the right tone."
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"A funny and constantly surprising exercise in comic tension."
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"The absurd meets the violent meets the droll, and we just watch from the outside, never having been drawn in by anything resembling believable feelings or behavior."
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"Nothing is particularly believable here, but there are still a few moments of silly, sinister fun."
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"Martin is marvelous; through sheer charisma, he takes over certain scenes as if no one else is there."
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