Man of the Year
Seen it?1995 | 86 min | Comedy
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 25% on Rotten Tomatoes, almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- If you count yourself among fans of deadpan, fly-on-the-wall comedy and fans of a well-timed joke, this one's for you. Shot like a documentary, played completely straight.
- The mood
- Light and funny.
- The pace
- Breezy, at 1 hr 26 min. An easy one to fit in on a school night.
- What might put you off
- Not the pick if you want something heavy or meaningful.
First-time director Dirk Shafer also penned this raucous "mockumentary," a blend of fact and fiction that re-creates his 1992 reign as Playgirl magazine's Centerfold of the Year. When Shafer chooses to keep the fact that he's gay a secret from the magazine's editors, he finds himself living the ultimate lie -- and incapable of giving female readers what they really want. Will he succumb to his lover's pressures to come out of the closet?
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
25% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$210K worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 4K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Dirk Shafer
- Dirk ShaferDirk
- Mary SteinAngela Lucassy
- Claudette SutherlandTammy Shafer
- Cal BartlettKen Shafer
- Vivian PaxtonVivian
- Michael OrnsteinMike Miller
- Beth BroderickKelly Bound
- Cynthia SzigetiBetty Levy
- Dennis BaileyHowie Diadone
- Charles SloaneEd, the photographer