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Novocaine (2001) — Stream on Lionsgate+ · CriticCrunch

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Novocaine

Movie2001·95 min

Novocaine

Directed by David Atkins

Comedy Crime Thriller

A comedy crime film directed by David Atkins.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 62%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

6.1/10

170 ratings

About Novocaine

A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs.

Pacing: Brisk (6 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Moderate (4 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Stylized, Tense
Story Tags: betrayal, obsession, medicine science, urban, strangers forced together, femme fatale, everyman, cat and mouse, con deception, drug trade

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Details

Director: David Atkins
Language: English

Cast

Steve Martin, Helena Bonham Carter, Laura Dern

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Where to Watch Novocaine

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How Novocaine Ranks

All movies

Top 62%

2000s movies

Top 55%

Comedy movies

Top 58%

2000s Comedy movies

Top 48%

Top 62% All movies.

the vibe

Novocaine Vibe

What it feels like

briskdarkmoderateapproachablelight-touchpersonalhauntingstylizedtense

What it's about

pacing

brisk 6/9brisk 6/9

tone

texture

stylizedstyled

cat & mouse

con deception

betrayal

obsession

femme fatale

everyman

strangers forced together

medicine science

drug trade

urban

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

moderate 4/9moderate 4/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9