Novocaine (2001)

95 min · Dark Comedy, Thriller, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film

Popularity4.5/5

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Directors

David Atkins

Cast

Steve Martin, Laura Dern, Helena Bonham Carter, Scott Caan, Chelcie Ross, Lynne Thigpen, Polly Noonan, Elias Koteas, Keith David, JoBe Cerny, Kevin Bacon

The story

Dr. Frank Sangster is a dentist with a fairly pleasant but rather innocuous, ordinary, and uneventful life. His life takes an interesting turn when a beautiful and seductive new patient, Susan Ivey, comes to him seeking a root canal and a little pain relief.

Catalogue themes and tags

Beruhigungsmittel, Brother Brother Relationship, Drug Abuse, Ermordung, Fake Friend, Gefängnis, Gegenwart, Kampf, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Zahnarzt, Thriller, Crime Fiction, Crime Comedy, Comedy-drama, Drama, Comedy, Black comedy, Neo-noir

Genres

Dark Comedy, Thriller, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film

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