The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Robin Williams is the ill-tempered Henry Altmann in this comedy, panicking under the belief that he has 90 minutes to live. Co-stars Mila Kunis, Peter Dinklage, James Earl Jones and Academy Award winner Melissa Leo.
Living day after day in constant unhappiness, Henry takes his anger out on Dr. Sharon Gill (Kunis) who just informed him that he has a brain aneurysm. When pestering her about how much time he has left, the highly irritated doctor reaches tipping point, blurting out a brief death sentence. But before Dr. Gill reviews her lapse of judgement, Henry bursts out of the door in an attempt to make amends with the people he has wronged in his life.
Directed by Phil Alden Robinson (Field of Dreams), his first feature since 2002's The Sum of All Fears. Based on the Hebrew-language film Mar Baum (1997).
- Director:
- Phil Alden Robinson ('The Sum of All Fears', 'Field of Dreams')
- Writer:
- Daniel Taplitz
- Cast:
- Robin WilliamsMila KunisPeter DinklageJames Earl JonesMelissa LeoSutton FosterHamish Linklater
Reviews & comments
This is Robin Williams life...
.. and his best performance ever. To me one of the greatist and at the same time highest underrated film of all times, one star at rotten tomatoes. Didn’t even make it into the theatres. I like to believe that the reason for this is our artificial society displaying the highest fear of facing death in human history. This movie is subtle, delicate and a...
Variety
pressA schmaltz opera that indulges Robin Williams' most melancholy tics and themes.
The New York Times
pressThe movie is predictably sentimental at its root, but it's also meant to be comedy, partly resting on Mr. Williams's energetic but failed attempt to play a jerk.
Los Angeles Times
pressEvery scene between two people comes off like drunkenly shot video of a play rehearsal gone horribly wrong.
Variety
pressA schmaltz opera that indulges Robin Williams' most melancholy tics and themes.
The New York Times
pressThe movie is predictably sentimental at its root, but it's also meant to be comedy, partly resting on Mr. Williams's energetic but failed attempt to play a jerk.
Los Angeles Times
pressEvery scene between two people comes off like drunkenly shot video of a play rehearsal gone horribly wrong.
This is Robin Williams life...
.. and his best performance ever. To me one of the greatist and at the same time highest underrated film of all times, one star at rotten tomatoes. Didn’t even make it into the theatres. I like to believe that the reason for this is our artificial society displaying the highest fear of facing death in human history. This movie is subtle, delicate and a...
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