In the Company of Men (1997)
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Reviews Counted:52
Fresh:46
Rotten:6
Average Rating:7.8/10
Synopsis: In writer-director Neil LaBute's debut feature film, a pair of thirtysomething white-collar businessmen, embittered by their shallow lives and bad experiences with women, target and romance a... [More]
Reviews for In the Company of Men
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The strength of this uncomfortable yet irresistable film lies in its writing, with the performances a close second. Full Review |
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A dazzling, repellent exercise in which the case against men is closed before it's opened. Full Review |
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LaBute, a playwright and former drama teacher, has succeeded in creating a study of banal, everyday evil. Full Review |
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A bitterly promising screenwriting-directing debut from playwright Neil LaBute. Full Review |
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A dark, probing, truly disturbing exploration of yuppie angst and male anxieties as they manifest themselves in both the work and personal arenas. Full Review |
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A highlight of the 97 Sundance Film Fest, LaBute's astonishing debut is a dark, probing, vastly entertaining satire about misogyny and sexual politics in the work as well as personal arena; LaBute is a major dialoguist to watch Full Review |
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Cruel, cool and pleasingly provocative. Full Review |
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A compelling, but not likable, film. Full Review |
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I don't what finding humor in the most unsavory of situations says about me, but in terms of LaBute, it means that a first-class filmmaker has arrived on the scene. Full Review |
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Eerily unflinching film that features three first-rate performances.
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What we also have here, in other words, is a movie in which next to nothing happens. See it only if you are having trouble sleeping. Full Review |
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