Posted AT 3:24 AM EDT on 02/09/05
The man acts the part
Eugene Levy is reluctant to attach too much weight to it, but the fact is his new film, The Man, may mark something of a belated turning point in his career.
For almost three decades, Levy has managed to make smallish roles in film and television more meaningful and memorable than, in lesser hands, they might otherwise be. Think of his Bloomingdale's salesman in Serendipity, or his "Jim's dad" in the three American Pie movies.
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