Oliver Platt
Actor
Films to Rent
- Flatliners (1990)
- Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Julia Roberts, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon…
- Young medical students experiment with their own deaths amid splendid gothic architecture. An intriguing premise is blown up to biblical proportions…
- Three Musketeers, The (1993)
- Dir. Stephen Herek
Feat. Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, Chris O'Donnell…
- Very glossy and yet very average version of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Tim Curry's eccentric villain is perhaps the highlight.
- Funny Bones (1995)
- Dir. Peter Chelsom
Feat. Oliver Platt, Jerry Lewis, Lee Evans…
- A fascinating ode to laughter and the business of laughter. After failing on the cut–throat Las Vegas circuit, would–be comic Oliver…
- Infiltrator, The (1995)
- Dir. John Mackenzie
Feat. Oliver Platt, Arliss Howard, Alex Kingston…
- Israeli journalist Oliver Platt infiltrates the modern–day German neo–Nazi movement to his considerable peril. Made all the more gripping…
- Time to Kill, A (1996)
- Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock…
- A blue–eyed lawyer comes to the defence of a black man (Samuel L. Jackson) who murdered his daughter's rapists in the Deep South. This…
- Dr. Dolittle (1998)
- Dir. Betty Thomas
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt…
- Slick remake of the 1967 musical replaces songs with tech wizardry and the comic mugging of Eddie Murphy as the medic who can 'talk to the…
- Bulworth (1998)
- Dir. Warren Beatty
Feat. Warren Beatty, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle…
- Disillusioned Democrat senator Warren Beatty warrants his own assassination, then stirs up a storm of controversy by fearlessly speaking his mind at…
- Imposters, The (1998)
- Dir. Stanley Tucci
Feat. Stanley Tucci, Oliver Platt, Isabella Rossellini
- Following up his comic hit BIG NIGHT, Stanley Tucci helms this passable 'false–identity' comedy set aboard a cruise ship from out of some kind…
- Lake Placid (1999)
- Dir. Steve Miner
Feat. Bridget Fonda, Bill Pullman, Oliver Platt
- Gleefully silly horror contrivance abitrarily plonks a 30ft Asian crocodile down in Black Lake (where did Lake Placid go?) to dine on pigs, chickens…
- Gun Shy (1999)
- Dir. Eric Blakeney
Feat. Liam Neeson, Sandra Bullock, Oliver Platt…
- Implausible and cartoonish, this crime comedy has the novelty of Liam Neeson trying out a comedy role – as stressed–out undercover cop…
- Don't Say a Word (2001)
- Dir. Gary Fleder
Feat. Michael Douglas, Sean Bean, Jennifer Esposito…
- “Threatened–family” thriller, with psychiatrist Michael Douglas rising to the challenge – outwit the kidnappers of his daughter, who…
- Hope Springs (2002)
- Dir. Mark Herman
Feat. Colin Firth, Minnie Driver, Heather Graham…
- Smoothly enjoyable though indistinguishable romance that sees a British illustrator (Firth) 'start again' in a small New England town after being…
- Pieces of April (2003)
- Dir. Peter Hedges
Feat. Katie Holmes, Patricia Clarkson, Derek Luke…
- The uncomfortably comic family reunion done in the DAYTRIPPERS mold, with a tattooed Katie Holmes as the spacey black sheep of the clan, who invites…
- Kinsey (2004)
- Dir. Bill Condon
Feat. Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell…
- Polished dramatization of the life and work of Dr. Alfred Kinsey, who boldly pioneered research into human sexuality in an ultra–conservative…
- Huff (TV Series) (2004)
- Feat. Hank Azaria, Paget Brewster, Blythe Danner…
- Solid 'midlife crisis' drama series set around a successful psychiatrist (Azaria) who is sent into a tailspin when a 15–year old patient…
- Casanova (2005)
- Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons…
- A lavish, middle–brow account of the infamous 18th century Italian lover, played here with deadpan wit by Heath Ledger, which weaves its own…
- Loverboy (2005)
- Dir. Kevin Bacon
Feat. Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon…
- An earnest, if rather thin portrayal of obsessive motherhood, in which a neglected daughter (Sedgwick) grows up wanting only one thing in life…
- Ice Harvest, The (2005)
- Dir. Harold Ramis
Feat. John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen…
- A chilled–out study in sleaze and crime with partners John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton contriving a way to lift $2 million from a Mob client…
- Frost/Nixon (2008)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Sam Rockwell…
- Terrific adaptation of the Peter Morgan stageplay providing a dramatic retelling of the story behind the famous interviews between ex–President…
- Wonder Woman (2009)
- Dir. Lauren Montgomery
Feat. Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Alfred Molina…
- Excellent animated feature telling the origin story of Wonder Woman (voiced by Russell) and her quest to protect the world from Ares (Molina).
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- Year One (2009)
- Dir. Harold Ramis
Feat. Jack Black, Michael Cera, Oliver Platt…
- Jack Black and Michael Cera marginally miss the mark as a couple of cavemen who become unlikely participants in some of history's most pivotal…
- 2012 (2009)
- Dir. Roland Emmerich
Feat. John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Thandiwe Newton…
- Oh the humanity! Doomsday specialist Roland Emmerich renders the disaster movie redundant with this senseless, all–or–nothing…
- Letters to Juliet (2010)
- Dir. Gary Winick
Feat. Amanda Seyfried, Vanessa Redgrave, Gael Garcia Bernal…
- Picturesque romance set in Verona, the city of Romeo and Juliet, where a young American tourist discovers a love letter that will change her life.
- Please Give (2010)
- Dir. Nicole Holofcener
Feat. Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt, Amanda Peet…
- Writer–director Nicole Holofcener secures her informal reputation as a "female Woody Allen" with this bittersweet New York story that again…
- Love and Other Drugs (2010)
- Dir. Edward Zwick
Feat. Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Judy Greer…
- Winning romance with a charismatic pharmaceutical salesman falling for a free–spirited woman with a tragic secret.
- Big C, The (TV Series) (2010)
- Feat. Laura Linney, Oliver Platt, John Benjamin Hickey…
- Another gutsy Showtime drama centred on a woman in mid–life peril (a la WEEDS, NURSE JACKIE), starring Laura Linney as a high school teacher…
- X-Men: First Class (2011)
- Dir. Matthew Vaughn
Feat. James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence…
- The X–MEN juggernaut rolls on, benefiting from a spring clean of the principal cast, in this hugely entertaining origin movie set against the…
- Oranges, The (2011)
- Dir. Julian Farino
Feat. Leighton Meester, Hugh Laurie, Catherine Keener…
- Two upper–middle class New Jersey families are split apart when the father of one (Laurie) falls in love with the daughter of the other…
- Ginger & Rosa (Ginger and Rosa) (2012)
- Dir. Sally Potter
Feat. Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Christina Hendricks…
- Two London teenagers explore rebellion, activism, and the limits of their friendship in this evocative coming–of–age drama from dir.…
- Chef (2014)
- Dir. Jon Favreau
Feat. Jon Favreau, John Leguizamo, Bobby Cannavale…
- An acclaimed chef whose reputation is ruined by a restaurant critic reclaims his creative instinct and love of life by opening a humble food truck.