The Gingerbread Man (1998)

UK THEATRICAL RELEASE: Jul 24th 1998 TOTAL FILM REVIEW
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Summer holidays just wouldn't be complete without a John Grisham bestseller to read on the beach. So it's not surprising to find an adaptation of one of his throw-away thrillers at the multiplex. But this is altogether darker fare: director Robert Altman has taken the bare plot of the novel and fleshed it out with some intriguing characters, a gloomy Savannah backdrop (complete with rapidly approaching monsoon) and flashes of savage humour.

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