Vann, of course, is no weirder than anyone else in the stagnant backwater he ends up in: his landlord, Doug (Brian Cox), likes to punch himself in the face; Doug's wife, Jane (Mercedes Ruehl), mopes; and Vann's fellow postal worker Ferrin (Janeane Garofalo) is desperate for human contact. Hovering gratuitously over the proceedings are a pair of grouchy, perhaps imaginary police detectives played by Dwight Yoakam and Dennis Haysbert. A big plus is Sheryl Crow as a sad, funny barfly; for the most part, though, and perhaps intentionally, The Minus Man doesn't add up.