# Big Nothing (2006)

> An unemployed former professor joins a blackmail scheme that turns into a mordantly comic cascade of crime, death, and panic.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/4995

## Facts

- Runtime: 86 min
- Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
- Director: Jean-Baptiste Andrea
- Cast: David Schwimmer, Simon Pegg, Alice Eve, Natascha McElhone, Jon Polito, Mimi Rogers, William Rosenfeld, Julian Glover
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0488085/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: witty, blackly comic, irreverent, dark comedy night, crime movie marathon

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