Review of Novocaine (2001) by Danielle S — 09 Mar 2009
Dr. Frank Sangster (Martin) is a respected dentist who seems to have it all: his own practice, a loving fiancée (Dern), and a house filled with nice things. In Dr. Sangster's life, everything is going great until his 7:30 appointment shows up.
Suddenly Dr. Sangster's life is turned upside down when the sultry Susan Ivey (Bonham Carter) slinks into his office and asks for a prescription of Demerol for her tooth ache. What will follow is a series of events that will thrust Dr.
Sangster into adulterous sex, illegal drugs, and ultimately murder. Novocaine is by all means a strange film. It's a black comedy, a thriller, a film noir, a romance. Martin gets to more fully explore the mischievous and seedily outlandish scope of Atkins's crackling imagination.
With snappy, crisp dialogue and a sense of warped adventure, Novocaine is one absurd fable that hysterically unfolds itself in wry fashion.
This review of Novocaine (2001) was written by Danielle S on 09 Mar 2009.
Novocaine has generally received mixed reviews.
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