A Different Man Review: Sebastian Stan Puts On His Best Face For A Dark Comedy That Feels Like Larry David’s The Elephant Man
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A Different Man Review: Sebastian Stan Puts On His Best Face For A Dark Comedy That Feels Like Larry David’s The Elephant Man


The desire to change one’s less-than-perfect attributes has long been a staple for fictional plotting, and is at the heart of several 2024 features – such as Demi Moore’s body horror tour de force The Substance and Netflix’s YA novel adaptation Uglies. But no film, TV series or workplace instructional video has taken the concept to its most gloriously absurd lengths quite like Aaron Schimberg’s unwaveringly magnificent A Different Man.

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Release Date: September 20, 2024 (limited) October 4, 2024 (nationwide)
Directed By: Aaron Schimberg
Written By: Aaron Schimberg
Starring: Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve, Adam Pearson
Rating: R for sexual content, graphic nudity, language and some violent content.
Runtime: 112 minutes

“Beauty is only skin-deep” may not be the extent of the source material examined in A Different Man, but that idea is heavily explored through the character of Sebastian Stan’s Edward. An actor-in-training whose life and emotional state hinge entirely on his neurofibromatosis and the benign tumors covering his face, Edward appears to be a genuinely good person whose gifts and talents are largely ignored by those who can’t look beyond the surface.



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