A Patient Man is a crime drama film, written and directed by Kevin Ward and released on January 17, 2020.
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| Directed by | Kevin Ward |
| Written by | Kevin Ward |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editTom Alexander works for a consulting firm in Los Angeles. He was injured and his wife killed in a car accident caused by another driver running a red light; he now wears a knee brace, commutes on his bicycle and via light rail instead of in a car, and is seeing a therapist. He is troubled by flashbacks; on the train, he meets Aaron, who tells him his driving license has been restricted, and Tom patiently finds out more and then plots his revenge.[2][3][4]
Cast
edit- Jonathan Mangum as Tom Alexander
- Tate Ellington as Aaron Clarke
- Kelsey Scott as Tom's therapist
- Amir Talai as Rami, Tom's co-worker
- Catherine Von Till as Rachel
Production
editA Patient Man was Ward's first feature film; he also wrote the script,[2] and described it as Hitchcockian in inspiration.[4]
Release
editThe film was shown at the 2019 Austin Film Festival[5] and released on video on demand on February 7, 2020.[3]
Reception
editSome reviewers described A Patient Man as "interesting and twisted"[4] and praised Ward's direction for "an amazing job of hiding the clues to the mystery while showing a very real depiction of how a person can descend into revenge because of their grief", and Mangum's[5] and Ellington's[4] performances. Others criticized the film for "telegraph[ing] the plot even while spinning it"[3] and Mangum's performance as "so deadpan as to be sleep inducing",[2]
References
edit- ^ "Tuesday, February 19th, 2019". HollywoodReelIndependentFilmFestival.com. February 13, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ a b c Roger Moore, "Movie Review: 'A Patient Man' needed a livelier leading man", Movie Nation, January 14, 2020.
- ^ a b c Martha K. Baker, "'A Patient Man' Will Work In Classrooms More Than TV Rooms", KDHX, February 4, 2020.
- ^ a b c d Rose Dymock, "The Patient Man: 'Strangers On A Tram' & The Art Of Revenge", Film Inquiry, February 17, 2020.
- ^ a b Nalani Nuylan, "Austin Film Festival: A Patient Man Review", Accent (Austin Community College), November 21, 2019.
