--- title: 'Novocaine (2001)' type: 'film' director: 'David Atkins' released: '2001-01-01' runtime_minutes: 91 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Comedy' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/novocaine-2001' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234354/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Novocaine (2001) 2001 · 91 min · Drama, Comedy · United States ## Synopsis Novocaine is a 2001 American black comedy thriller film written and directed by David Atkins and starring Steve Martin, Helena Bonham Carter, Laura Dern, Lynne Thigpen, and Elias Koteas. It was shot in the Chicago, Illinois area. The film premiered at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival and went on to screen in limited release by Artisan Entertainment in the United States on November 16, 2001, with Summit Entertainment releasing in other territories. It was a box-office bomb and received mixed critic reviews. ## Credits - **Director:** [David Atkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-atkins-2) - **Screenplay:** [David Atkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-atkins-2) - **Original Music Composer:** [Steve Bartek](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-bartek) - **Director of Photography:** [Vilko Filač](https://cinepixo.com/people/vilko-filac) ## Cast - [Elias Koteas](https://cinepixo.com/people/elias-koteas) - [Scott Caan](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-caan) - [Kevin Bacon](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-bacon) - [Chelcie Ross](https://cinepixo.com/people/chelcie-ross) - [Steve Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-martin) - [Helena Bonham Carter](https://cinepixo.com/people/helena-bonham-carter) - [Christian Stolte](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-stolte) - [Lynne Thigpen](https://cinepixo.com/people/lynne-thigpen) - [JoBe Cerny](https://cinepixo.com/people/jobe-cerny) - [Laura Dern](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-dern) - [Keith David](https://cinepixo.com/people/keith-david) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/novocaine-2001 Film facts: Wikidata (Q611535); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.