---
title: "Episode #451 \u2013 Better Man, with Hallie Haglund"
url: "https:\/\/www.flophousepodcast.com\/2025\/05\/episode-451-better-man-with-hallie-haglund\/"
date: "2025-05-10T10:00:00+00:00"
episode_number: 451
movie: "Better Man"
guests: "Dan McCoy, Elliott Kalan, Hallie Haglund, Stuart Wellington"
---

# Episode #451 – Better Man, with Hallie Haglund

Robbie Williams is a chimp. That’s not an insult, just an accurate description of [Better Man](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14260836/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_BETTER%2520MAN), from the director of [past Flop House subject, The Greatest Showman](https://www.flophousepodcast.com/2018/05/episode-257-the-greatest-showman/). This one’s the rare FH movie that was a critical success while being a financial flop — will we agree with the critics? Oh, and we buried the lede: [HALLIE](https://halliehaglund.substack.com/)‘S BACK!

   
![](https://www.flophousepodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Better_Man_film_poster.jpg)

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 [Wikipedia page for Better Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Man_(film))

 Recommended in this episode:

 Dan: [Ninja 3: The Domination (1984)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087805/)

 Stu: [Sinners (2025)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31193180/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1)

 Elliott: [They Cloned Tyrone (2023)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9873892/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_they%2520c)

 Hallie: [Dangerous Beauty (1998)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118892/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_dangerous%2520b)

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