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The Big Empty

Play trailer Poster for The Big Empty R,  2003,  1h 34m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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67% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 48% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
Struggling actor John Person (Jon Favreau) agrees to drive a blue suitcase from Los Angeles to the small town of Baker, Calif., and hand it over to a mysterious cowboy in return for having his credit card debt of $27,000 paid off. Upon his arrival, John can't find the cowboy but receives an ominously head-shaped package he's supposed to hang onto. While waiting, John gets close to Ruthie (Rachael Leigh Cook), whose psychotic boyfriend, Randy (Adam Beach), keeps threatening to kill him.
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Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times Nov 20, 2003
3/5
The Big Empty is much more a romantic fable than Swingers, the singles comedy that established Favreau but has a similarly jovial, unpretentious charm. Go to Full Review
Christopher Null Filmcritic.com May 2, 2004
3/5
If any film is destined to find a cult audience on DVD, it's The Big Empty. Go to Full Review
Todd Gilchrist FilmStew.com Dec 3, 2003
Thanks to Favreau, even the film's most ridiculous detours carry a certain plausibility; he shines his indignities on and perseveres, and we can't help but sympathize. Go to Full Review
Josh Bell Las Vegas Weekly Nov 21, 2003
2/5
Anderson squanders the setting's potential and a cast of indie-movie all-stars in his muddled and weak feature. Go to Full Review
Chuck Wilson L.A. Weekly Nov 20, 2003
More amiable than laugh-out-loud funny. Go to Full Review
Carlo Cavagna AboutFilm.com Nov 15, 2003
F
Some may praise The Big Empty as a poor man's David Lynch-meets-The X-Files, but it's more of a starving homeless man's David Lynch-meets-The X-Files. Go to Full Review
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Theodore L Apr 18, 2017 If you are led to this movie, it is a sign. 1111 <3
Kylo S Dec 7, 2010 Odd and mysterious. Very bizarre. I didn't quite know what to make of it, but I liked it. (First and only viewing - 4/28/2013)
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Steve Anderson

Director

Jon Favreau

John Person

Joey Lauren Adams

Grace

Bud Cort

Neely

Jon Gries

Elron

Daryl Hannah

Stella

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Synopsis Struggling actor John Person (Jon Favreau) agrees to drive a blue suitcase from Los Angeles to the small town of Baker, Calif., and hand it over to a mysterious cowboy in return for having his credit card debt of $27,000 paid off. Upon his arrival, John can't find the cowboy but receives an ominously head-shaped package he's supposed to hang onto. While waiting, John gets close to Ruthie (Rachael Leigh Cook), whose psychotic boyfriend, Randy (Adam Beach), keeps threatening to kill him.
Director
Steve Anderson
Producer
Doug Mankoff, Gregg L. Daniel, Andrew Spaulding, Keith Resnick
Screenwriter
Steve Anderson
Production Co
Artisan Entertainment
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 16, 2003, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 8, 2016
Runtime
1h 34m
Sound Mix
Surround
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