Stories from the November 1, 2001, Print Edition
The Coen brothers have brought some of the most original movies in the '90s to the public eye. Fargo, The Big Lebowski and O Brother Where Art Thou apply an often dark sense of humor to offbeat scenarios and unpredictable plots. But with The Man Who Wasn't There, the brothers' homage to the classic black-and-white mystery, their humor rarely hits its mark and the plot never moves from its plodding course.
While making his credited screen debut in Rudy, Vince Vaughn became friends with another struggling young actor, Jon Favreau, who decided to write Vaughn into a script he was working on. That script eventually became the critical hit Swingers. And what at first seemed a minor career sideline soon vaulted Vaughn into films by such major directors as Steven Spielberg and Gus Van Sant.
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