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  • Special
  • Opened November 21, 2008 | Runtime:1 hr. 24 min.
  • R
    language, some violence and brief drug use
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 15+. Read More
  • Les Franken (Michael Rapaport) has a boring and undistinguished life as a parking-meter monitor until he decides to participate in an experimental drug study. He experiences some strange side effects which make him think he is developing special Read More
  • Cast: Michael Rapaport, Paul Blackthorne, Josh Peck, Robert Baker, Jack Kehler, Alexandra Holden, Ian Bohen
  • Director: Hal Haberman
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign

Special Critic Reviews

So-so Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 80
    Film Threat | Eric Campos

    This is a weird little movie, and it's an interesting trip accompanying Dick...

  • 80
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    The movie loses its way toward the end, shifting from wry black comedy to...

  • 75
    The Onion A.V. Club | Scott Tobias

    Special recalls a minor-key "Donnie Darko," but its vision is much more...

  • 58
    Entertainment Weekly |

    Thanks to Rapaport's brio in embracing the hero's drug-induced delusions, the...

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