The grotesque practical jokes perpetrated against two interfering bumblers are genuinely funny, while Estevez and Sheen remain cutely goofy even when indulging themselves in this adolescent idiocy.
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06/24/06
Men at Work (1990)
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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:7
Rotten:13
Average Rating:4.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Brat-pack auteur Emilio Estevez directs himself and his brother Charlie Sheen in this environmentally conscious comedy. Carl and James are two sanitation engineers who enjoy pulling... [More]
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Darrell Larson, John Getz
Director: Emilio Estevez
Reviews for Men at Work
1 - 20 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticThe Sheen brothers display how useless they are in this, the dumbest of dumb comedies, proof that they'll never be confused with the Marx Brothers.
05/24/03
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05/13/09
Lame trash men comedy, early Estevez and Sheen.
02/23/08
Despite its ample flaws, Men at Work is never boring and often is a lot of fun; however, it would have benefitted from the pruning of a few of its misfired visual gags,
02/04/08
Top CriticNo review available.
08/31/05
No review available.
07/05/05
No review available.
01/17/05
Banal brotherly project concocted up by real life siblings Sheen and Estevez. An uneven and unfunny ruse under the dour direction of Estevez
05/31/03
The movie's desire to please is tireless, also engaging. Mr. Estevez's screenplay is not entirely coherent, but it has a number of comically crackpot lines.
05/20/03
Top CriticGolf clap!
04/06/03
In fairness to the two actors, who have appeared in much better films, they don't have much to work with here.
03/23/03
Just tell me why?
02/02/03
No review available.
10/13/02
At times fun, at others too smart for it's own good. It's big flaw: the long, drawn-out ending.
08/01/02
Men at Work stinks up the joint worse than the garbage that the title characters haul.
07/30/02
No review available.
07/26/02
The garbage man motif is pretty fitting.
07/25/02
Men at Work will be a painful experience even for fans of the stars.
09/26/01
Like the jokes, the brothers' rapport seems recycled from childhood. Sheen and Estevez are hardly working.
01/01/00
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