Man of the Year is a 2002 American black comedy film directed by Straw Weisman, starring John Ritter.
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Cast
John Ritter as Bill
Jade Carter as Jim
Adria Dawn as Chloe
Brian Cousins as Phil
Heidi Mark as Carol
Idalis DeLeón as Joan
Clayton Landey as Stuart
Khrystyne Haje as Vanessa
Danny Ponce as Mickey
Lin Shaye as Flora
Kathleen Gati as Ella
Leeza Gibbons as The Reporter
Archie Hahn as Nick
Amy Hill as The Maid
Jon Jacobs as Johnathan
Shawnee Free Jones as Anna
Samantha Lloyd as Sylvia
Ivo Lopez as The Butler
Kristen Miller as Sally
Jack Mosshammer as Parker
Oliver Muirhead as Reg
Annie Sorell as Shauna
Rebecca Harrell Tickell as Donna
James Wilder as Vaughn
Marian Zapico as Zarita
Production
The film was shot in 12 hours on July 27, 2001. Ritter was reportedly paid $100 for his work in the film.
Reception
Robert Koehler of Variety wrote that while the cast "proves improvisationally capable", the plot is "rather conventional".
Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote that Weisman "slices and dices his images to such an extent that it takes a lot of time for the story lines and the key characters and their tangled and changing relationships to emerge with any clarity", and that "when it becomes possible to identify the people and keep track of them, they by and large prove to be generic characters rather than distinctive individuals."