Novocaine (2001)

Release date: 2001-12-14
Country: USA
Language: English|French
Director: David Atkins
Production Co: Artisan Entertainment, Numb Gums Productions Inc.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Rating: 5.8/10
Length: 1h 35min

Storyline

Dr. Frank Sangster is a straight-laced dentist who because of one innocent lie, finds his tidy, prosperous life transformed into a comic quagmire of illicit sex, illegal drugs and inexplicable murder in this brilliantly offbeat, bitingly comedic film!

Plot Keywords

frame up, dentist, black comedy, femme fatale, drug use, suit and tie, murder, surgical mask, eyeglasses, police officer, independent film, threat, stuffed animal, france, autograph, hairy chest, bare chested male, unlikely criminal, assistant, bar

Short Review

This Hitchcockian yarn compensates for its leading man's rather anonymous performance with some well-placed shocks, a morbid sense of humour, and a climax that will literally put your teeth on edge.