Miss Nobody
Miss Nobody
R | 10 June 2010 (USA)
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A mild-mannered secretary discovers that she has a talent for murder as she ascends the corporate ladder.

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Paul Magne Haakonsen

When I sat down to watch "Miss Nobody" it was without any prior knowledge about what the movie was about, who starred in it and without any expectations of what the movie would be like. All I knew was that it was a dark comedy.It turned out that writer Doug Steinberg had come up with a rather funny script for this movie. And director Abram Cox brought the story to life on the screen in a very entertaining way.The storyline in "Miss Nobody", shortly summarized, is about a secretary who scales the corporate ladder at record speed but leaves a trail of dead bodies in her wake."Miss Nobody" works out quite well because it is a wonderful combination of dark, twisted comedy and likable characters. And the fact that the cast ensemble were good and did great jobs with their roles and characters was just a plus, of course.And while we are on the topic of the cast, then I will say that Leslie Bibb was doing a phenomenal job of carrying the movie with her performance. And there were some great supportive appearances from talents such as Adam Goldberg, Kathy Baker, Missi Pyle, Brandon Routh, Vivica A. Fox and Barry Bostwick whom all really added a lot to the movie, despite most of them having very small roles actually.The situations portrayed in "Miss Nobody" definitely had a great part to say about the outcome of the movie. And here writer Doug Steinberg proved to be very talented, because he had come up with some very hilarious situations for the characters. There are some good laughs to be had throughout the course of this movie.If you enjoy a dark comedy, then "Miss Nobody" is definitely a movie that you should take the time to sit down and watch. It turned out to be quite a surprise and a very entertaining movie in my opinion.

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zif ofoz

frankly i am unfamiliar with the actors in this richly produced 'murder to laugh at' comedy. the laughs are deliciously off color and the (for me) unexpected twist in the plot had me wanting to watch the whole movie again right away!a full cast of wacky and maybe a bit sick characters walk through this story and will keep you wondering 'who's next?' and what will our lead character do with them.this movie is sweetly bitter and in that is the charm to a good one and one half hours of fun entertainment. this might not be the type of comedy some people find funny but then, they don't know what they are missing!ps - the mother is my favorite character!

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napierslogs

Sarah Jane McKinney (Leslie Bibb) is "Miss Nobody", a secretary for a pharmaceutical company who has no boyfriend but faith that her guiding angel will send her messages as to what she should be doing. Her mother ensures her that everybody lies, so a very smudged resume gets her a promotion to junior executive.Sarah Jane is mostly concerned about finding her knight in shining armour since a job is only a job and doesn't warm your heart. Karma, an underlining belief in this film, says that you get what you deserve. She didn't really deserve that promotion, and indeed finds that she lost it after all and is now a secretary for a new, young, handsome company transfer. But that must be her path in life since he's handsome and men always sleep with their secretary.But to be clear, this is not a romantic comedy. It's a light-hearted dark, crime comedy. It seems fantasy-like, or even cartoon-like in its use of colour, narration and score choice. It tries to be edgy, like film noir, but is way too silly for that mix to work well. But it is fun, and that is most likely its ultimate aim.When she accidentally murders her handsome boss, it turns out she wants to aim high in the corporate world – she wants the corner office. As her guiding angel sends her more messages, it looks like more accidental murders might be in her future and life is looking pretty grand for Miss Sarah Jane.The best part of the film is Adam Goldberg, he introduces himself as her knight in shining armour, and while she is smitten with him, he happens to be a homicide detective. The instant conflict that we can see in their relationship is handled well.The performances throughout the film are great and the sense of fun is always there. They are definitely going for something fairly unique and for the most part they succeed in that. There was a bit too much narration; better films would be able to show me what they need to and then let me figure out the rest, and things get wrapped up in a slightly unsatisfying way, but for "Miss Nobody" it's more about the journey and how we get there.

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TxMike

Found this one on streaming Netflix.Leslie Bibb is Sarah Jane McKinney, rising young executive who gets her first promotion, only to find that someone transferred in to snatch it away from her. That person is Brandon Routh (Superman) as Milo Beeber. But he graciously lets Sarah Jane stay on as his secretary.As the tagline says, she innocently kills her boss, Beeber, but that leads to a large number of subsequent complications.I rather enjoyed watching it as a quirky dark comedy, nothing is taken too seriously. Bibb is pretty good in the lead role. However near the end, as things are wrapping up there is a lot of voice-over, explaining quite a number of things. This is always a sign that the story hasn't quite been put together well, and you can't leave viewers confused.Then the ending wasn't very imaginative.I enjoyed Adam Goldberg as detective Bill Malloy, who gets assigned to investigate the deaths, but also gets sweet on Sarah Jane. Always good in quirky parts, Kathy Baker is Sarah Jane's kookie mother Claire McKinney. Missi Pyle is co-worker Charmaine. Vivica A. Fox is Sarah Jane's boss, Nan Wilder.SPOILERS: In this particular business everyone seems to be untrustworthy. The "murders" begin when Beeber has Sarah Jane go to his house for work, but ends up chasing her up a library type ladder, she pushes him, he falls backwards and is impaled, dead, by an umbrella. As the story goes on she must cover her tracks, so keeps murdering other co-workers. When it finally seemed that all her tracks were covered, and she now had the big job and the corner office, she falls victim to her own booby trapped water bottle, inadvertently drinking a lethal mixture of medications, and dies also. Karma.

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