Offical website
Blu-rays, DVDs & more
eBay affliate link
Art of the Movies
Buy posters on MoviePoster.com
IMDb
Novocaine movie stills
Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes
Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News: Proves initially intriguing in a junky sort of way, but in the end is just plain numbing. Read more
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: Some Martin fans may be unnerved by the movie's mix of lethal medicine and laughing gas, but unlike most recent comedies and thrillers, Novocaine will not leave you numb. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: A cracked piece of storytelling -- a funny and constantly surprising exercise in comic tension. Read more
Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune: We just watch from the outside, never having been drawn in by anything resembling believable feelings or behavior. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: This movie was not effective. Read more
Tom Long, Detroit News: Novocaine isn't the kind of movie you can really sink your teeth into, but it is a nice passing fancy, a creative spin on a classic crime form that has just enough bite. Read more
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: The action takes on the two-dimensional quality of a clever joke and does a disservice to the actual suspense. Read more
A.O. Scott, New York Times: By the end you may need an aspirin to dispel the hectic racket Novocaine becomes. Read more
John Anderson, Newsday: An impressive directorial debut, but you wish Atkins had not made his movie's gradual descent seem as inevitable as Frank's. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: A decidedly odd thriller that's basically one big extended dental metaphor, and a rather unappetizing one at that. Read more
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Read more
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: Might best be described as modest. It is modestly comic, modestly inventive and modestly entertaining. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: There are many things wrong with Novocaine, but the film's most gnawing pain is its clodhopper farfetchedness. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: The laughs aren't warm enough, or the crimes cold enough, to move anyone to shake or shiver. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: O.K., so it's different and peculiar. It's also confused, repulsive and unconvincing. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: I found myself underwhelmed, despite winning performances by Steve Martin and Helena Bonham Carter. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: A screwball film noir with a lot of medium laughs and a few great big ones. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: Atkins never finds the right tone for Novocaine. It's not dark enough to be either viciously funny or unsettling. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: The casting is peculiar, the tone is off, the plot is uninteresting and the ending is sorry. Read more
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: About two rewrites shy of a real story. Read more
Claudia Puig, USA Today: With Bonham Carter's been-there, done-that performance and a plot that spins out of control, we end up with a movie that you can't quite sink your teeth into. Read more
Jessica Winter, Village Voice: Cheats wildly on p.o.v. and salivates over bad metaphors ... while the wildly oscillating tone never finds its key. Read more