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| Release Date: |
November 21, 2008 (LA/NY) |
| Genre: |
Action, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi |
| Running Time: |
80 minutes |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for language, some violence and brief drug use. |
| Director: |
Hal Haberman, Jeremy Passmore |
| Writer: |
Hal Haberman, Jeremy Passmore |
| Cast: |
Michael Rapaport, Ian Bohen, Alexandra Holden, Andrew Leeds, Ian McConnel, Josh Peck |
Les Franken (Michael Rapaport) is a kind-hearted and soft-spoken man who loves reading comic books. He's the type of guy who most people walk by on the street without even noticing; in essence, he's completely average and virtually invisible. However, everything changes for Les the day he is accepted into an experimental drug study for a new and exciting anti-depressant, Specioprin Hydrochloride. As Les begins to take the drugs an unexpected side effect occurs – he Read more
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Movie Review
Grade: B-
In an age where superhero movies rule the box office, it's refreshing to see a different kind of superhero movie: one starring underrated actor Michael Rapaport. In the movie Special, directed and written by Hal Haberman and Jeremy Passmore, Rapaport plays a man who, after being prescribed some pills, is given the gift of telepathy and flight. Well, at least he thinks he has those gifts. In reality, he's having a severe psychotic reaction to his medication, but that doesn't stop him from performing heroic deeds - or at least what he thinks are heroic deeds.
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