2009 · drama · comedy · crime
Middle Men
Directed by George Gallo1h 45m2009
Chronicles Jack Harris, one of the pioneers of internet commerce, as he wrestles with his morals and struggles not to drown in a sea of conmen, mobsters, drug addicts, and pornstars.
Our read: Middle Men (2009) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded drama · comedy · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured drama / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
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