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A Balasaur Score of 49 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 24%, Metacritic 40/100. Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do. Most of the 7,172 2010s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
A straight-laced pharmacist's uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs and possibly murder.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes24%
Metacritic40/100
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do.
326 audience votes
Key crew
- Geoff MooreDirector
- David PosamentierWriter
- Geoff MooreWriter
- David PosamentierDirector
- John NauOriginal Music Composer
- Andrew FeltensteinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sam RockwellDouglas Varney
- Michelle MonaghanKara Varney
- Olivia WildeElizabeth Roberts
- Jane FondaPharmacy Customer
- Ray LiottaJack Roberts
- Norbert Leo ButzAgent Andrew Carp
- Ben SchwartzNoah
- Ken HowardWalter Bishop
- Jenn HarrisJanet
- Harrison HolzerEthan Varney
- Peter JacobsonDr. Roth
- Sonnie BrownPrincipal Song-Carmichael
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Themes
pharmacistdark comedytrophy wife