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The Man Who Sued God (2003) DVD Review
The Man Who Sued God (2003) DVD Credits:
The Man Who Sued God (2003) Directed by:
Mark Joffe
The Man Who Sued God (2003) Written by:
John Clarke, Don Watson
The Man Who Sued God (2003) Cast:
Billy Connolly, Judy Davis, Colin Friels, Wendy Hughes, Bille Brown
The Man Who Sued God (2003) Released by:
Not available at this time
Region:
2
The Man Who Sued God (2003) DVD Release Date:
1st January 2006
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The Man Who Sued God (2003) Synopsis:

The Man Who Sued God (2003) DVD Review:

A famed Comedian worldwide, Scot Billy Connelly has more recently been trying to branch out into more serious film roles, indeed has has done so quite successfully in Mrs. Brown and stars with Tom Cruise in his latest blockbuster The Last Samuri.

The title suggests a comedy, however, this film is more of a romance, which tackles the issues in life today, those fathers who are seperated from their children and anyone who has been told their insurance policy was invalid due to an "act of God" will relate immediately.

The film, based in Billy's favoured Australia, Steve Myers (Connelly) is a disgruntled lawyer, turned fisherman who loses his boat, with the insurance company refusing to pay out and invoking the act of God clause. He brings himself back to his Lawyer roots and takes on the might of the Insurance company, trying to prove that the "Act of God" clause is a farce, and just a scam by Insurance companies to avoid paying out. He gains much support from the public along the way.

With his new found public profile he crosses paths with journalist Anna Redmond (Davis) who is itching to get back to real journalism and reporting rather than writing gossip columns. At first Myers rejects this publicity, but Redmond is determined and goes as far as to loose her job just to keep the story.

Both Connelly and Davis put in competent performances as the leads in the movie, and it is rich in romantic value, but less so in the comedy stakes. However considering the subject matter, much of the screenplay is generic, with the big insurance company playing dirty to cost Redmond her job, and the biggest cliche of all, Redmond and Conolly get it together at the end.

A good and touching film which is amusing in places, but is overtly generic in its storyline.

Extras:
None, unusual for a modern DVD, we might as well have viewed it on VHS!

Audio & Visual:
5.1 Dolby Surround sound used to full effect for a film of this nature, very good and very well done in places. Anamorphic Enhancement does the Visual aspect some favours, but still doesn't cover up the fact that this film is obviously quite low-moderate budget in its making, a fact backed up by the lack of extras on this package.

Overall:
Good Film, with obvious low budget Picture and Sound quality from a relatively un-established house of film. Touching but Generic. Disappointly, no extras.

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The Man Who Sued God (2003) DVD review written by: Phil Andrews

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