Special
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- Synopsis
- Michael Rapaport is a lonely parking-enforcement officer who has little life outside his dull job and the super hero comics he reads after hours. His seemingly dead-end existence takes an amazing turn when -- after enrolling in a clinical trial for ......
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- Director(s)
- Jeremy Passmore, Hal Haberman
- Distributor(s)
- Magnet Releasing
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 84 min.
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The Onion (A.V. Club) | Scott TobiasAdd Critic to Favorites
Special recalls a minor-key "Donnie Darko," but its vision is much more limited, and it sinks into Indiewood cliché whenever it reaches for profundity.Read the full review
Entertainment Weekly | Adam MarkovitzAdd Critic to Favorites
Thanks to Rapaport's brio in embracing the hero's drug-induced delusions, the movie is less a failure than a noble experiment gone awry.Read the full review
The New York Times | Nathan LeeAdd Critic to Favorites
Either way, it doesn’t quite go far enough as psychological study or cultural commentary.Read the full review