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Factotum

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Norway, United States, Germany · 2005
Rated R · 1h 34m
Director Bent Hamer
Starring Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei, Fisher Stevens
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance

Hank Chinaski is an author in Los Angeles living off odd jobs while trying to focus on his passion for writing, but a city like LA is filled to the brim with vices, distractions, and promises of easy money.

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Village Voice by

None of it goes anywhere. It's just stylized alcoholism with a tired wink.

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Film Threat by Eric Campos

Bukowski had a bunch of none too kind things to say about “Barfly" upon its release in the 80s, but, with Factotum, he'd do plenty of bitching and moaning as well, but deep down, Hank would approve.

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Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan

The result is a surprisingly satisfying film, true to Bukowski and itself, a work that manages to make the man and his profane world more palatable without compromising on who he was and what he stood for.

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L.A. Weekly by Scott Foundas

This is also an acidly funny work, even if the humor is that of a man who drinks to stave off the pain and madness of sobriety. In his finest performance since "Drugstore Cowboy," Dillon plays Chinanski with funereal grandiosity.

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