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| name = A Patient Man

| director = Kevin Ward

| writer = Kevin Ward

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| runtime = 93 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

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'A Patient Man' is a crime drama film, written and directed by Kevin Ward and released on January 17, 2020.

Plot



Tom Alexander works for a consulting firm in Los Angeles. He was injured and his wife killed in a car accident caused by another driver running a red light; he now wears a knee brace, commutes on his bicycle and via light rail instead of in a car, and is seeing a therapist. He is troubled by flashbacks; on the train, he meets Aaron, who tells him his driving license has been restricted, and Tom patiently finds out more and then plots his revenge.Roger Moore, [https://rogersmovienation.com/2020/01/14/movie-review-a-patient-man-needed-a-livelier-leading-man/ "Movie Review: 'A Patient Man' needed a livelier leading man"], 'Movie Nation', January 14, 2020.Martha K. Baker, [https://kdhx.org/articles/film-reviews/1906-a-patient-man-will-work-in-classrooms-more-than-tv-rooms "'A Patient Man' Will Work In Classrooms More Than TV Rooms"], KDHX, February 4, 2020.Rose Dymock, [https://www.filminquiry.com/the-patient-man-2020review/ "'The Patient Man': 'Strangers On A Tram' & The Art Of Revenge"], 'Film Inquiry', February 17, 2020.

Cast



*Jonathan Mangum as Tom Alexander

*Tate Ellington as Aaron Clarke

*Kelsey Scott as Tom's therapist

*Amir Talai as Rami, Tom's co-worker

*Catherine Von Till as Rachel

Production



'A Patient Man' was Ward's first feature film; he also wrote the script, and described it as Hitchcockian in inspiration.

Release



The film was shown at the 2019 Austin Film FestivalNalani Nuylan, [http://sites.austincc.edu/accent/austin-film-festival-a-patient-man-review/ "Austin Film Festival: A Patient Man Review"], 'Accent' (Austin Community College), November 21, 2019. and released on video on demand on February 7, 2020.

Reception



Some reviewers described 'A Patient Man' as "interesting and twisted" and praised Ward's direction for "an amazing job of hiding the clues to the mystery while showing a very real depiction of how a person can descend into revenge because of their grief", and Mangum's and Ellington's performances. Others criticized the film for "telegraph[ing] the plot even while spinning it" and Mangum's performance as "so deadpan as to be sleep inducing",

References




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