A Patient Man (film)

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A Patient Man
Directed by Kevin Ward
Written byKevin Ward
Produced by
Starring
Release dates
  • February 19, 2019 (2019-02-19)(Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival) [1]
  • January 17, 2020 (2020-01-17)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

A Patient Man is a crime drama film, written and directed by Kevin Ward and released on January 17, 2020.

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Plot

Tom Alexander works for a consulting firm in Los Angeles. He was injured and his wife killed in a car accident caused by another driver running a red light; he now wears a knee brace, commutes on his bicycle and via light rail instead of in a car, and is seeing a therapist. He is troubled by flashbacks; on the train, he meets Aaron, who tells him his driving license has been restricted, and Tom patiently finds out more and then plots his revenge. [2] [3] [4]

Cast

Production

A Patient Man was Ward's first feature film; he also wrote the script, [2] and described it as Hitchcockian in inspiration. [4]

Release

The film was shown at the 2019 Austin Film Festival [5] and released on video on demand on February 7, 2020. [3]

Reception

Some reviewers described A Patient Man as "interesting and twisted" [4] and praised Ward's direction for "an amazing job of hiding the clues to the mystery while showing a very real depiction of how a person can descend into revenge because of their grief", and Mangum's [5] and Ellington's [4] performances. Others criticized the film for "telegraph[ing] the plot even while spinning it" [3] and Mangum's performance as "so deadpan as to be sleep inducing", [2]

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References

  1. "Tuesday, February 19th, 2019". HollywoodReelIndependentFilmFestival.com. February 13, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Roger Moore, "Movie Review: 'A Patient Man' needed a livelier leading man", Movie Nation, January 14, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Martha K. Baker, "'A Patient Man' Will Work In Classrooms More Than TV Rooms", KDHX, February 4, 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Rose Dymock, "The Patient Man: 'Strangers On A Tram' & The Art Of Revenge", Film Inquiry, February 17, 2020.
  5. 1 2 Nalani Nuylan, "Austin Film Festival: A Patient Man Review", Accent (Austin Community College), November 21, 2019.