The Bothersome Man (2006)
A man wakes in a surreal city, feeling trapped. Fans of "The Truman Show" will love this eerie mystery.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
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The Bothersome Man(2006)
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Overview
A middle-aged man arrives in a spotless, unfamiliar city with no memory of how he got there, and is quickly handed a job, a home, and a ready-made life. As the days pass, the comfort starts to feel unsettlingly hollow, and a strange discovery in a basement offers a risky new hope of escape.
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Pros: dark, thought-provoking satire; eerie dreamlike mood; dry, unsettling humor | Cons: slow, stretched pacing; uneven tone shifts; vague, unresolved answers
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If you enjoy surreal dystopian dark comedies that poke at modern comfort and emotional numbness, this could click, especially if you liked Interstate 60 or About Endlessness; Not for you if you need clear explanations and a tidy ending.
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Wow. I''m not sure what happened but I won''t soon forget it.
Sometimes I hear music coming from inside my walls too, but it's just the little rats with clogs on bothering me while I'm trying to sleep.
Featured User Reviews
This exceptional dystopian production is a masterclass in symbolic storytelling. Its target is the modern archetype: the nine-to-five employee whose company HR mandates camaraderie, whose home is a catalog of IKEA furniture, and whose leisure is systematically scheduled. The film presents a world utterly sanitized of all profound emotion and flavor, a reality so sterile that the main character doesn't even engage with the audience's inherent questions of origin and purpose. It is an essential viewing experience and a brilliantly executed dystopia.
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