No Such Thing (2002)

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Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM)

Rating: R

Release Date: Mar 29, 2002

Running Time: 101 mins. (V)

Country Of Origin: United States

Country Of Origin: Iceland

Country Of Origin: Germany

Country Of Origin: Canada

starring: Sarah Polley, Robert John Burke, Helen Mirren, Julie Christie, Baltasar Kormakur, Paul Lazar, Annika Peterson

director: Hal Hartley

Disgusted with human evolution and a society driven by instant gratification and voyeuristic sensationalism, a foul-mouthed Monster kills anyone who crosses his path. When a news crew sent to investigate the Monster disappears, their ratings-obsessed boss sends a guileless young woman to follow up on the story. This young journalist forges an unlikely friendship with the Monster.

After a vicious Icelandic monster does in an American news crew, the missing photographer's New York fiancée, who works as a TV news reporter for a hard-driving editor, embarks on a journey to uncover the mystery surrounding the photographer's disappearance.

March 27, 2002

No Such Thing falls way short of the standards set by its writer-director, Hal Hartley (The Unbelievable Truth, Trust, Henry Fool). What's this indie maverick doing spinning a tale about an Icelandic Monster (Robert John Burke) who kills a TV crew and becomes a new media star when Beatrice (Sarah Polley), the TV journalist fiancee of a murdered crew member, brings him back to New York? Don't fret. Hartley hasn't traded in his low-key style and droll wit to go the Godzilla route. The minute…