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Cadillac Man

1990 · 97 min

A chaotic, fast-talking comedy that turns tense when a hostage crisis erupts, blending laughs with genuine stakes.

Tagline
If you can't trust a car salesman who can you trust?
Overview
Joe's a car salesman with a problem—he has two days to sell 12 cars or he loses his job. This would be a difficult task at the best of times but Joe has to contend with his girlfriends (he's two-timing), a missing teenage daughter and an ex-wife.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • family
  • work
  • crime
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, crime
Directed by
Roger Donaldson
Written by
Ken Friedman
Starring
Robin Williams, Tim Robbins, Pamela Reed, Fran Drescher, Zack Norman, Lori Petty, Annabella Sciorra, Paul Guilfoyle
Music
J. Peter Robinson
Cinematography
David Gribble
Runtime
97 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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