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{{Infobox film
| name = A Patient Man
| director = Kevin Ward
| writer = Kevin Ward
| producers =
| starring =
| released =
| 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.][
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Release
The film was shown at the 2019 Austin Film Festival[Nalani 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.[
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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",][
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