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Novocaine (2001) | User Rating
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Release Date
• USA: Nov 16, 2001
• UK: 12 Nov 2001
DVD Release Date
• R1: Apr 23, 2002
Budget $6,000,000
Official Website:
Novocaine Website
MPAA Rating
Rated R for violence, sexuality, language and drug content.
Running Time
1 hour, 35 minutes
Country USA
Studio Momentum Pictures
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Drama, Comedy, Murder, Suspense, Betrayal, Black Comedy, Gore, Prison, Police, Detectives, Thieves, Femme Fatale, Scams And Cons
Tagline: Crime Is Not Only Done By Criminals.
Plot: Novocaine, Artisan Entertainment’s edgy, unpredictable crime thriller, stars Steve Martin as a prosperous dentist whose well-ordered existence is thrown into turmoil when an alluring new patient draws him into a seedy underworld of sex, drugs and murder. This stylish macabre film also stars Laura Dern, Helena Bonham-Carter and Scott Caan, and marks the feature directorial debut of writer David Atkins.Frank Sangster is living the American Dream. Blessed with a thriving dental practice and a sleek modernist home, Frank is happily engaged to his ambitious dental hygienist, Jean Noble (Laura Dern). His perfectly managed life quickly unravels, however, when Susan Ivy (Helena Bonham-Carter), a seductive new patient with an appetite for pain-killers, settles into his dentist chair. Before long, drugs are missing from his office, Susan’s psychotic brother Duane (Scott Caan) is stalking him, and Frank himself is wanted by both the DEA and the police for drug trafficking and murder. As he flees from authorities, Frank becomes increasingly drawn to Susan, and through her learns he is the victim of an elaborate con scheme, which may also involve his wayward brother, Harlan (Elias Koteas). Fueled by the desire to create a new life for himself and Susan, Frank plunges into a shadowy
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Steve Martin
Bowfinger, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, The Prince of Egypt |
 | Laura Dern
Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park III, Blue Velvet |
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 | Scott Caan
Ocean's Eleven, Gone in Sixty Seconds, Ocean's Twelve |
 | Keith David
There's Something About Mary, Armageddon, Crash |
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 | Steve Bartek
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, Get Over It, Cabin Boy |
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