Name: Design
Genre: Drama
Released: 2002-01-10
Duration: 1 h 52 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Emma Bates, Larissa Borkowski, Kipleigh Brown

Brian McCaskill once again steals the show in this runaway dark comedy romp. As "Sven", a slightly off-center office clerk who always seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, McCaskill delivers his best performance since "Serious Business".  While we are waiting for the rumored director's cut of "Serious Business" to finally arrive on DVD we will have to relish every minute of Sven's time on screen.

My only real problem with "Design" is I thought it would have a little more of McCaskill's signature tongue-in-cheek zingers he is so well known for. If you are mostly familiar with McCaskill from "Serious Business" then this new, drier approach in "Design" may seem a little stiff at first.  After all, in the arena of wry quips he is only rivaled by off-screen friend Hugh Grant.  Granted, Sven's speech impediment didn't give McCaskill a lot to work with, but they could have had a dream sequence or something where we could get to see him riff a bit more.

Other than that, all around awesome flick.  The action rocks and the jokes are hilarious.  If I were casting the movie I might have gotten someone other than Daniel J. Travanti to play Peter Mallow; he just seemed uncomfortable with the role and ends up turning in a disappointing performance.  But he is on screen for such a short time that it doesn't at all weigh down the film.  All around, I highly reccommend seing "Design" but only after seeing "Serious Business" at least twice.

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