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The Man Who Sued God

2001 · 97 min

A warm, wry David-and-Goliath comedy that turns a bureaucratic loophole into a lively, feel-good courtroom scrap.

Directed by
Mark Joffe
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Billy Connolly, Judy Davis, Colin Friels
Overview
A lawyer becomes a fisherman from frustration. When his one piece of property, his boat, is struck by lightning and destroyed he is denied insurance money because it was “an act of God”. He re-registers as a lawyer and sues the insurance company and, as God’s representative, The Church.

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Directed by
Mark Joffe
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Billy Connolly, Judy Davis, Colin Friels
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • corruption
  • faith
  • family
  • media
Places
  • small town
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Mark Joffe
Written by
Don Watson
Starring
Billy Connolly, Judy Davis, Colin Friels, Wendy Hughes, Emily Browning, Bille Brown, John Howard, Blair Venn
Music
David Bridie
Cinematography
Peter James
Runtime
97 min
Country
Australia, United States of America
Languages
English

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