Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

How sad is this?

An absolute waste of money

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

This movie is a wonderful example of those movies that start very well, promising, then after 10 minutes start to go nowhere and at the end are completely pointless. This "comedy" is not in the least funny. At the beginning, Mr. Slater does a fine job portraying the dull worker, really very convincing, but then his character becomes very repetitive, all the time showing the same facial expression, which makes you start to hate him. BTW, there is not a single character to sympathize with. The movie keeps making you believe the dull worker would finally take revenge for being constantly pushed around, but he never does it. On the contrary: the ending made me hate myself that I didn't stop watching this garbage in the middle (when I was fighting to stay awake). So what's the point? If everybody disdains and hates you, treats you like a cockroach, pushes you around, then you payback by killing yourself, so that they get the confirmation that they were right about you being a waste of space?

Christian Slater gives an outstanding, career defining performance in this great little movie. He's Bob, a mix of Milton in Office Space and Michael Douglas in Falling Down, a psychopathic loner who brings a gun to work but can't quite get up the nerve to gun down all the people he hates. In a nice little instance of dark comedy, a fellow psychopathic loner at work also brings a gun to work and begins killing people. At first Bob's somewhat pleased that someone did the dirty work for him, but when his coworker points the gun at a female colleague Bob has hidden affection for, he uses his own gun on the killer, thereby becoming a hero. Nobody ever questions why Bob had a gun in the first place, but after reading some interpretations of the movie, I understood why. Yeah, this is one of those movies you interpret. It's thoughtful and provocative and not at all times literal, but for the most part it's easy enough to follow. For an independent movie He Was a Quiet Man had quite a few moments of CGI, but it's a great example of when such a film-making tool is warranted. We're not talking Transformers or anything, it's the little things... Like when Bob talks to his fish, and we see it talk back. That was a nice little touch - the fish mirrors Bob's wants and desires and subconscious, and by doing that we're given further insight into Bob's clearly demented but fascinating mind, as well as one critical moment of foreshadowing. The supporting cast includes Elisha Cuthbert and the always reliable William H. Macy. Still, this is Slater's show. I've always liked the guy, but he's never really struck me as a serious actor. I'll have to take him more seriously from now on. 8/10

I was totally taken back by how good a small, low budget movie like this really is. Christian Slater is unlike any role he has ever played as Bob McConnell and was just brilliant in this role. I think he was vastly overlooked in terms of honours and seriously could have merited an Oscar nomination at the very least for this role. He plays a sad, lonely, disgruntled office worker who harbors dark thoughts about his nasty co- workers and is going to go on a shooting spree, instead he ends up being called a hero for killing another worker who beats him to the punch and shoots up his office. A lot of the film deals with his relationship with a girl he fancies who ends up shot and paralysed( Elisha Cuthbert) and how he tries to be there for her and how he finds some happiness with her while never quite getting ahead with his life. This is a great little film which is quite sad, gentle, touching and very well written and directed by Frank Capello. Although there are a few cheap effects the movie has enough great ideas and shows some good skill in film-making.There was a lot of thought put in to this and the film pays off really well and the whole point of making films like this is that it doesn't matter how much it cost to make it's the idea that counts.What makes Christian Slater so good in this movie is that he plays Bob as a misunderstood soul and a person looked down on who is not a bad person but just confused and i thought he was phenomenal in this role, if only he stretched himself and played more parts like this. Elisha Cuthbert was also very good in this and William H. Macy added good support as the slimy boss.Capello should get some bigger jobs after this because i think he did a great job in storytelling and had some vision in making this under- rated gem.I'd put it in the same category as films like Secetary, One Hour Photo, Memento and others as a cult movie with a quite indie feel to it. Check this out!

Somehow it seems that pshycotics like to wear the same style glasses and bad shirts and ties.The wardrobe dept did a great job as dressing Bob up as a freak and the music dept did a great job of the music track and theme.The story was funny, sad, dramatic and even scary at times and somehow it all seemed to fit in.What was really exceptional was the fish in the bowl and the little comments that it makes.The cast was good, the story was pretty cool and the filming was fantastic.It's amazing how then end leads from the beginning.