Mindhunter will not be returning for a third season on Netflix. This news comes from the man behind the series – director David Fincher. Jonathan Groff (above), Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, Joe Tuttle, Albert Jones, Stacey Roca, Michael Cerveris, Lauren Glazier, and Sierra McClain star in the psychological crime thriller.
Based on the memoir of FBI agent John Douglas, the story revolves around a pair of FBI Agents (Groff and McCallany) and a psychologist (Torv) who operate the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit. They launch a project to interview imprisoned serial killers in hopes of using that knowledge to catch others.
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Based on the memoir of FBI agent John Douglas, the story revolves around a pair of FBI Agents (Groff and McCallany) and a psychologist (Torv) who operate the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit. They launch a project to interview imprisoned serial killers in hopes of using that knowledge to catch others.
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- 2/22/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt expanded the visual aesthetic of David Fincher’s “Mindhunter” in Season 2, as FBI profilers Bill Tench (Holt McCallany) and Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) investigate the notorious Atlanta Child Murders, and, as a result, he earned his first Emmy nomination.
“Our aim was to continue what we had developed in Season 1 while considering location with a bit more depth,” said Messerschmidt, who also shot Fincher’s “Mank,” the Netflix black-and-white biopic about “Citizen Kane” screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman). “David expressed to me in the beginning to never forget what Atlanta is like in the summer. I tried hard to consider that whenever we were telling that part of the story.
“We really wanted our agents to be visualized with location in mind,” he said, “so I used more hard sunlight, atmosphere, and contrast to contribute to that hot, muggy feel. I think you could make the...
“Our aim was to continue what we had developed in Season 1 while considering location with a bit more depth,” said Messerschmidt, who also shot Fincher’s “Mank,” the Netflix black-and-white biopic about “Citizen Kane” screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman). “David expressed to me in the beginning to never forget what Atlanta is like in the summer. I tried hard to consider that whenever we were telling that part of the story.
“We really wanted our agents to be visualized with location in mind,” he said, “so I used more hard sunlight, atmosphere, and contrast to contribute to that hot, muggy feel. I think you could make the...
- 8/21/2020
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Erik Messerschmidt earned his first Emmy nomination this summer: Best Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour) for his work on the true-crime drama “Mindhunter.” It’s bittersweet, though, since Netflix put the show on indefinite hold after its second season, which aired last summer. “I loved working on the show,” he remembers. “It’s a unicorn in a way. It was a unique situation where everybody was working towards the same goal and everyone was very in sync in terms of what we were trying to accomplish.” Watch our exclusive video interview with the director of photography above.
He is nominated specifically for his work in episode six, during which FBI agents Ford and Tench (Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallany) search for missing children in Atlanta while Dr. Carr and Agent Smith (Anna Torv and Joe Tuttle) interview convicted killer Paul Bateson. “I just felt like we had a...
He is nominated specifically for his work in episode six, during which FBI agents Ford and Tench (Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallany) search for missing children in Atlanta while Dr. Carr and Agent Smith (Anna Torv and Joe Tuttle) interview convicted killer Paul Bateson. “I just felt like we had a...
- 8/13/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
What do you think of the second season of the Mindhunter TV show on Netflix? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like Mindhunter is cancelled or renewed for season three. Netflix and other streaming platforms, however, collect their own data. If you've been watching this TV series, we'd love to know how you feel about the Mindhunter season two episodes. We invite you to rate them for us here. *Status update below.
A Netflix psychological thriller, Mindhunter stars Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, Joe Tuttle, Albert Jones, Stacey Roca, Michael Cerveris, Lauren Glazier, and Sierra McClain. The crime drama is inspired by the memoir of FBI veteran John Douglas, Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit (written with Mark Olshaker). The series follows ambitious FBI Agent Holden...
A Netflix psychological thriller, Mindhunter stars Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, Joe Tuttle, Albert Jones, Stacey Roca, Michael Cerveris, Lauren Glazier, and Sierra McClain. The crime drama is inspired by the memoir of FBI veteran John Douglas, Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit (written with Mark Olshaker). The series follows ambitious FBI Agent Holden...
- 1/26/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Network: Netflix.
Episodes: 19 (hour).
Seasons: Two.
TV show dates: October 13, 2017 — August 16, 2019.
Series status: Ended.
Performers include: Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallanay, Anna Torv, Hannah Gross, Cotter Smith, Stacey Roca, Joe Tuttle, Alex Morf, Duke Lafoon, Peter Murnik, Sonny Valicenti, Cameron Britton, and Happy Anderson.
TV show description:
From creator Joe Penhall, the Mindhunter TV show is inspired by the memoir of FBI veteran John Douglas, Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit (written with Mark Olshaker). The crime drama centers on FBI Agent Holden Ford (Groff), who realizes the bureau needs a deeper understanding of violent psychopaths' motivations.
Ford teams up with seasoned agent Bill Tench (McCallany) of the Behavioral Science Unit. Together, they tour the country...
Episodes: 19 (hour).
Seasons: Two.
TV show dates: October 13, 2017 — August 16, 2019.
Series status: Ended.
Performers include: Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallanay, Anna Torv, Hannah Gross, Cotter Smith, Stacey Roca, Joe Tuttle, Alex Morf, Duke Lafoon, Peter Murnik, Sonny Valicenti, Cameron Britton, and Happy Anderson.
TV show description:
From creator Joe Penhall, the Mindhunter TV show is inspired by the memoir of FBI veteran John Douglas, Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit (written with Mark Olshaker). The crime drama centers on FBI Agent Holden Ford (Groff), who realizes the bureau needs a deeper understanding of violent psychopaths' motivations.
Ford teams up with seasoned agent Bill Tench (McCallany) of the Behavioral Science Unit. Together, they tour the country...
- 1/26/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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A Netflix psychological thriller, Mindhunter stars Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, Joe Tuttle, Albert Jones, Stacey Roca, Michael Cerveris, Lauren Glazier, and Sierra McClain. The crime drama is inspired by the memoir of FBI veteran John Douglas, Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit (written with Mark Olshaker). The series follows ambitious FBI Agent Holden Ford (Groff) and seasoned agent Bill Tench (McCallany). Together, they delve...
What is next for FBI agents Holden Ford and Bill Tench? Is the Mindhunter TV show cancelled or renewed for a third season on Netflix? The television vulture is watching all the latest TV cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Mindhunter, season three. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
A Netflix psychological thriller, Mindhunter stars Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, Joe Tuttle, Albert Jones, Stacey Roca, Michael Cerveris, Lauren Glazier, and Sierra McClain. The crime drama is inspired by the memoir of FBI veteran John Douglas, Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit (written with Mark Olshaker). The series follows ambitious FBI Agent Holden Ford (Groff) and seasoned agent Bill Tench (McCallany). Together, they delve...
- 1/26/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
“Mindhunter” is going on ice at Netflix.
Variety has confirmed that the show’s cast members have been released from their contracts. The streamer is not ruling out a third season of the series, however, depending on executive producer David Fincher’s schedule.
Fincher is currently working on directing the Netflix film “Mank” as well as executive producing the second season of “Love, Death, and Robots.” It was also recently announced that Fincher is working on a “Chinatown” prequel series with Robert Towne, who wrote the original film.
“Mank” is biopic of screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, perhaps best known for his work on the Oscar-winning screenplay of “Citizen Kane.” Gary Oldman is attached to star along with Lily Collins, Amanda Seyfried, and Tuppence Middleton.
“Love, Death, and Robots” is an animated anthology series that debuted on Netflix last March. Each episode of the series tells a standalone narrative and is narrated...
Variety has confirmed that the show’s cast members have been released from their contracts. The streamer is not ruling out a third season of the series, however, depending on executive producer David Fincher’s schedule.
Fincher is currently working on directing the Netflix film “Mank” as well as executive producing the second season of “Love, Death, and Robots.” It was also recently announced that Fincher is working on a “Chinatown” prequel series with Robert Towne, who wrote the original film.
“Mank” is biopic of screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, perhaps best known for his work on the Oscar-winning screenplay of “Citizen Kane.” Gary Oldman is attached to star along with Lily Collins, Amanda Seyfried, and Tuppence Middleton.
“Love, Death, and Robots” is an animated anthology series that debuted on Netflix last March. Each episode of the series tells a standalone narrative and is narrated...
- 1/16/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
This post contains full spoilers for Mindhunter Season Two, which Netflix released on Friday.
“Seems to me, everything you know about serial killers has been gleaned from the ones who’ve been caught,” convicted murderer Ed Kemper (Cameron Britton) tells Mindhunter heroes Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) and Bill Tench (Holt McCallany) midway through the Netflix drama’s second season. Kemper is trying to insert himself into one of Ford and Tench’s ongoing investigations, but the line also plays as something of a meta comment on Mindhunter Season One. In that original batch of episodes,...
“Seems to me, everything you know about serial killers has been gleaned from the ones who’ve been caught,” convicted murderer Ed Kemper (Cameron Britton) tells Mindhunter heroes Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) and Bill Tench (Holt McCallany) midway through the Netflix drama’s second season. Kemper is trying to insert himself into one of Ford and Tench’s ongoing investigations, but the line also plays as something of a meta comment on Mindhunter Season One. In that original batch of episodes,...
- 8/19/2019
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
The “Mindhunter” Season 2 trailer dropped Monday, giving fans of the Netflix thriller series a slightly closer look at the show’s version of Charles Manson. Except you might not want to look too closely at him, seeing as it appears he’s sensitive to the fact he’s small — “like, really small.”
The teaser shows FBI agents Bill Tench (Holt McCallany) and Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) interviewing serial killer Edmund Kemper (Cameron Britton) as they gather information in an attempt to solve the Atlanta Child Murders, a series of killings between 1979 and 1981 that targeted African-American children, teenagers and adults. He advises them on how best to deal with their next killer interview: Manson (played Damon Herriman).
“One more thing, Manson is small, like, really small — try not to stare,” he says in a voiceover, as we see Manson’s figure start to come into focus in the shadows of a prison.
The teaser shows FBI agents Bill Tench (Holt McCallany) and Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) interviewing serial killer Edmund Kemper (Cameron Britton) as they gather information in an attempt to solve the Atlanta Child Murders, a series of killings between 1979 and 1981 that targeted African-American children, teenagers and adults. He advises them on how best to deal with their next killer interview: Manson (played Damon Herriman).
“One more thing, Manson is small, like, really small — try not to stare,” he says in a voiceover, as we see Manson’s figure start to come into focus in the shadows of a prison.
- 8/5/2019
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Netflix’s interactive press site has released the first-look images for Season 2 of “Mindhunter,” which will focus on the Atlanta Child Murders.
The series, from David Fincher, covers the early days of the FBI’s criminal psychology and criminal profiling division, delving into the minds of murderers to see what makes them tick. Fincher will executive produce and direct.
Premiering Aug. 16, Fincher recently revealed the focus of Season 2 will be on the series of killings between 1979 and 1981 that targeted African-American children, teenagers and adults in Atlanta, Georgia. Wayne Williams, who is currently serving a life sentence of the deaths of two Atlanta men in 1981, will play a central role in the season. Police believe he’s responsible for 23 of those murders. He maintains his innocence.
Also Read: Watch 'Mindhunter' Killer Ed Kemper Celebrate Christmas With an Egg Salad Sandwich (Video)
The cast of Season 2 is as follows: Jonathan Groff,...
The series, from David Fincher, covers the early days of the FBI’s criminal psychology and criminal profiling division, delving into the minds of murderers to see what makes them tick. Fincher will executive produce and direct.
Premiering Aug. 16, Fincher recently revealed the focus of Season 2 will be on the series of killings between 1979 and 1981 that targeted African-American children, teenagers and adults in Atlanta, Georgia. Wayne Williams, who is currently serving a life sentence of the deaths of two Atlanta men in 1981, will play a central role in the season. Police believe he’s responsible for 23 of those murders. He maintains his innocence.
Also Read: Watch 'Mindhunter' Killer Ed Kemper Celebrate Christmas With an Egg Salad Sandwich (Video)
The cast of Season 2 is as follows: Jonathan Groff,...
- 7/17/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Are you a fan of Mindhunter? Recently, producer Charlize Theron revealed season two of the Netflix TV show will debut this August.
The crime drama centers on FBI Agent Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff), who realizes the bureau needs a deeper understanding of violent psychopaths’ motivations. The cast also includes Holt McCallanay, Anna Torv, Hannah Gross, Cotter Smith, Stacey Roca, Joe Tuttle, and Alex Morf.
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The crime drama centers on FBI Agent Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff), who realizes the bureau needs a deeper understanding of violent psychopaths’ motivations. The cast also includes Holt McCallanay, Anna Torv, Hannah Gross, Cotter Smith, Stacey Roca, Joe Tuttle, and Alex Morf.
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- 5/7/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Are you a fan of Mindhunter? Recently, producer Charlize Theron revealed season two of the Netflix TV show will debut this August.
The crime drama centers on FBI Agent Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff), who realizes the bureau needs a deeper understanding of violent psychopaths’ motivations. The cast also includes Holt McCallanay, Anna Torv, Hannah Gross, Cotter Smith, Stacey Roca, Joe Tuttle, and Alex Morf.
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The crime drama centers on FBI Agent Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff), who realizes the bureau needs a deeper understanding of violent psychopaths’ motivations. The cast also includes Holt McCallanay, Anna Torv, Hannah Gross, Cotter Smith, Stacey Roca, Joe Tuttle, and Alex Morf.
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- 5/7/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Damon Herriman is pulling double duty. Collider reports the Justified star has joined season two of Netflix's Mindhunter.
From David Fincher, the drama series stars Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallanay as two FBI agents who travel across the country to interview serial killers for the FBI’s new Behavioral Science Unit. The cast also includes Anna Torv, Hannah Gross, Cotter Smith, Stacey Roca, Joe Tuttle, and Alex Morf.
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From David Fincher, the drama series stars Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallanay as two FBI agents who travel across the country to interview serial killers for the FBI’s new Behavioral Science Unit. The cast also includes Anna Torv, Hannah Gross, Cotter Smith, Stacey Roca, Joe Tuttle, and Alex Morf.
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- 9/1/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
What's next for Mindhunter? According to That Hashtag Show, season two of the Netflix TV show will explore the Atlanta Child Murders.
From David Fincher, the drama series stars Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallanay as two FBI agents who travel across the country to interview serial killers for the FBI's new Behavioral Science Unit. The cast also includes Anna Torv, Hannah Gross, Cotter Smith, Stacey Roca, Joe Tuttle, and Alex Morf.
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From David Fincher, the drama series stars Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallanay as two FBI agents who travel across the country to interview serial killers for the FBI's new Behavioral Science Unit. The cast also includes Anna Torv, Hannah Gross, Cotter Smith, Stacey Roca, Joe Tuttle, and Alex Morf.
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- 8/4/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Mindhunter has some new company. According to The Playlist, Andrew Dominik and Carl Franklin will direct season two of the Netflix TV show alongside David Fincher.The crime drama centers on FBI Agent Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff), who realizes the bureau needs a deeper understanding of violent psychopaths’ motivations. The cast also includes Holt McCallanay, Anna Torv, Hannah Gross, Cotter Smith, Stacey Roca, Joe Tuttle, Alex Morf, Duke Lafoon, Peter Murnik, Sonny Valicenti, Cameron Britton, and Happy Anderson.Read More…...
- 4/21/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Vulture Watch Are FBI agents Holden Ford and Bill Tench still on the hunt? Is the Mindhunter TV show cancelled or renewed for a second season on Netflix? The television vulture is watching all the latest TV cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Mindhunter, season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you? What's This TV Show About? Streaming on the Netflix paid subscription platform, Mindhunter stars Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallanay, Anna Torv, Hannah Gross, Cotter Smith, Stacey Roca, Joe Tuttle, Alex Morf, Duke Lafoon, Peter Murnik, Sonny Valicenti, Cameron Britton, and Happy Anderson. The crime drama is inspired by the memoir of FBI veteran John Douglas, Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit (written with Mark Olshaker). The series...
- 11/30/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Netflix has renewed its Mindhunter TV show for a second season. While they have not announced the news on its media site, the streaming service has released a promo for the Mindhunter season two renewal, which you can check out, below. We had expected this renewal, since casting began prior to the TV series premiere. Streaming on the Netflix paid subscription platform, Mindhunter stars Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallanay, Anna Torv, Hannah Gross, Cotter Smith, Stacey Roca, Joe Tuttle, Alex Morf, Duke Lafoon, Peter Murnik, Sonny Valicenti, Cameron Britton, and Happy Anderson. The crime drama is inspired by the memoir of FBI veteran John Douglas, Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit (written with Mark Olshaker). The series follows ambitious FBI Agent Holden Ford (Groff) and seasoned Agent Bill Tench (McCallany). Together, they delve into the minds of convicted serial killers to understand...
- 11/30/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Season 1 of Netflix’s “Mindhunter” begins and ends with an confounding pair of bookends: The series’ opening sequence closes with a hostage-taker shooting himself in the head, while the ending view we get of Agent Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) shows him in a cold sweat on the floor of a prison hospital. Among the many questions of human behavior the show addresses in its opening batch of episodes, maybe the biggest is how one man can be so calm in the wake of watching a horrific suicide and be so affected by a single hug.
The answer might lie in the season-long effort to reframe the way audiences think about violence on a crime show. Apart from that grisly opening, we don’t actually see any on-screen killings, only descriptions filtered through a photograph or someone’s firsthand account. As Ford, Bill Tanch (Holt McCallany), and Wendy Carr (Anna Torv...
The answer might lie in the season-long effort to reframe the way audiences think about violence on a crime show. Apart from that grisly opening, we don’t actually see any on-screen killings, only descriptions filtered through a photograph or someone’s firsthand account. As Ford, Bill Tanch (Holt McCallany), and Wendy Carr (Anna Torv...
- 10/19/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for the entirety of “Mindhunter” Season 1. For a spoiler-free review, please click here.]
“If what we’re doing doesn’t get under your skin, you’re either more messed up than I thought or you’re lying to yourself.”
Shouted by Bill Tench (Holt McCallany) in an episode primarily focused on the flat-topped agent himself, the above quote ended up defining the tragic arc of his partner, the confounding, stubborn, and all-too-proud Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff). By the end of 10 episodes, if not long before, it became frustratingly apparent just how deeply Holden had been lying to himself. Not only
Played out with an attention to detail Dr. Wendy Carr (Anna Torv) would admire, Holden’s arc came to define the best and worst of “Mindhunter’s” engrossing and occasionally overwhelming first season. His home life was a mess, both over-talkative and uninventive, but work is where he earned his money.
Read More:‘Mindhunter’ Review: David Fincher’s Netflix Return Debates the Origins...
“If what we’re doing doesn’t get under your skin, you’re either more messed up than I thought or you’re lying to yourself.”
Shouted by Bill Tench (Holt McCallany) in an episode primarily focused on the flat-topped agent himself, the above quote ended up defining the tragic arc of his partner, the confounding, stubborn, and all-too-proud Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff). By the end of 10 episodes, if not long before, it became frustratingly apparent just how deeply Holden had been lying to himself. Not only
Played out with an attention to detail Dr. Wendy Carr (Anna Torv) would admire, Holden’s arc came to define the best and worst of “Mindhunter’s” engrossing and occasionally overwhelming first season. His home life was a mess, both over-talkative and uninventive, but work is where he earned his money.
Read More:‘Mindhunter’ Review: David Fincher’s Netflix Return Debates the Origins...
- 10/14/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
New Englanders are a proud, self-possessed lot, and it's no surprise that "Man With a Plan", John O'Brien's "mockumentary" about an elderly Vermont dairy farmer's quixotic quest to be elected to Congress, is one of the more successful films in Vermont's art-house history. (It outgrossed "Sense and Sensibility" in Burlington.)
Big cities are another matter, and the folksy charms of this gentle satire are likely to be lost in the shuffle. With canny timing, has just opened at New York's Cinema Village theater, just in time for Election Day.
O'Brien, whose previous effort was the well-received "Vermont Is for Lovers", has once again enlisted friends and neighbors to help him make a film. This one centers around a real-life 73-year-old arthritic farmer named Fred Tuttle, a folksy gent who, as septuagenarians go, is utterly adorable. The premise here has him running for Congress against a six-time incumbent (played by actual former Vermont Congressman William Blachly) who is so popular he is actually running on both parties' tickets. Fred's decision to run is more than a little pragmatic; his father is due for an expensive hip replacement, the farm is failing, and he needs to find a job that requires minimal qualifications. His credo: "If the people lead, I'll follow."
The film has a certain low-budget folksy charm for a while, but eventually the concept wears thin, with O'Brien failing to provide the genuine wit required to lift the project to the next level. The idea of political satire represented here is to have a scandal involving Fred's acceptance of PAC money, which turns out to come from a Cub Scout group. Or to have his unscrupulous opponent attempt to get pictures of Fred participating in an "orgy," with predictably disastrous results. Too often, the director attempts to employ visual humor, while lacking both the budget and the technique to pull it off.
Still, it's hard not to be amused by Fred and the many real-life participants in the film, and the entire enterprise is conducted with such genial good humor that only a curmudgeon would fail to be periodically amused. Fred does get elected -- "The people called collect, and I accepted the charges," he proclaims -- and the sight of him walking around Washington, settling down by the Lincoln Memorial to quietly study the federal budget, is priceless.
MAN WITH A PLAN
A Bellwether Films production
Director-screenwriter-editor-producer
John O'Brien
Associate producers Richard Morse,
Molly O'Brien, Jack Rowell
Cinematography Richard Morse, John O'Brien
Cast: Fred Tuttle, Bill Blachly, Joe Tuttle, Bryan Pfeiffer, Bruce Lyndes, William Sloane Coffin
Running time -- 90 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Big cities are another matter, and the folksy charms of this gentle satire are likely to be lost in the shuffle. With canny timing, has just opened at New York's Cinema Village theater, just in time for Election Day.
O'Brien, whose previous effort was the well-received "Vermont Is for Lovers", has once again enlisted friends and neighbors to help him make a film. This one centers around a real-life 73-year-old arthritic farmer named Fred Tuttle, a folksy gent who, as septuagenarians go, is utterly adorable. The premise here has him running for Congress against a six-time incumbent (played by actual former Vermont Congressman William Blachly) who is so popular he is actually running on both parties' tickets. Fred's decision to run is more than a little pragmatic; his father is due for an expensive hip replacement, the farm is failing, and he needs to find a job that requires minimal qualifications. His credo: "If the people lead, I'll follow."
The film has a certain low-budget folksy charm for a while, but eventually the concept wears thin, with O'Brien failing to provide the genuine wit required to lift the project to the next level. The idea of political satire represented here is to have a scandal involving Fred's acceptance of PAC money, which turns out to come from a Cub Scout group. Or to have his unscrupulous opponent attempt to get pictures of Fred participating in an "orgy," with predictably disastrous results. Too often, the director attempts to employ visual humor, while lacking both the budget and the technique to pull it off.
Still, it's hard not to be amused by Fred and the many real-life participants in the film, and the entire enterprise is conducted with such genial good humor that only a curmudgeon would fail to be periodically amused. Fred does get elected -- "The people called collect, and I accepted the charges," he proclaims -- and the sight of him walking around Washington, settling down by the Lincoln Memorial to quietly study the federal budget, is priceless.
MAN WITH A PLAN
A Bellwether Films production
Director-screenwriter-editor-producer
John O'Brien
Associate producers Richard Morse,
Molly O'Brien, Jack Rowell
Cinematography Richard Morse, John O'Brien
Cast: Fred Tuttle, Bill Blachly, Joe Tuttle, Bryan Pfeiffer, Bruce Lyndes, William Sloane Coffin
Running time -- 90 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 11/4/1996
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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