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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... 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 excrement-themed pranks on coworkers and dream of opening their very own surfing goods store. In the meantime, they're happy just to guzzle beers and play Trivial Pursuit. Then one day, while emptying a typical garbage can, they dump out a dead political candidate. And the more they learn about this stiff, the more trouble they're in -- especially after they uncover an illegal toxic waste disposal plot. Now Carl and James must decide whether to contact the authorities or abandon the corpse and go catch some waves. [More]

Starring: Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Darrell Larson, John Getz

Starring: Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Darrell Larson, John Getz, Leslie Hope, Keith David, Dean Cameron, Geoffrey Blake, John Putch, Tommy Hinkley, Sy Richardson, Kari Whitman, Troy Evans

Director: Emilio Estevez

Director: Emilio Estevez

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Reviews for Men at Work

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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.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 24 2006 04:26 AM

Time Out

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The 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.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 24 2003 08:03 AM

Channel 4 Film

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4/5

Roger Moore

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 13 2009 03:15 AM

Orlando Sentinel

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2/5

Steve Crum

Lame trash men comedy, early Estevez and Sheen.

comment Comment | Feb., 23 2008 11:30 AM

Video-Reviewmaster.com

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2/4

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,

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 04 2008 11:33 AM

TV Guide's Movie Guide

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3/5

Chuck O'Leary

No review available.

comment Comment | Aug., 31 2005 10:29 PM

Fantastica Daily

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1/5

Emanuel Levy

No review available.

comment Comment | Jul., 05 2005 10:54 PM

EmanuelLevy.Com

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2/5

Philip Martin

No review available.

comment Comment | Jan., 17 2005 03:57 PM

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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2/5

Frank Ochieng

Banal brotherly project concocted up by real life siblings Sheen and Estevez. An uneven and unfunny ruse under the dour direction of Estevez

comment Comment | May., 31 2003 12:45 PM

TheWorldJournal.com

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3/5

Vincent Canby

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.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 20 2003 05:03 PM

New York Times

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4/5

Kevin A. Ranson

Golf clap!

comment Comment | Apr., 06 2003 07:48 PM

MovieCrypt.com

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1/4

Robert Roten

In fairness to the two actors, who have appeared in much better films, they don't have much to work with here.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 23 2003 08:02 AM

Laramie Movie Scope

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1/5

Ken Hanke

Just tell me why?

comment Comment | Feb., 02 2003 09:22 PM

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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2/5

Mark Palermo

No review available.

comment Comment | Oct., 13 2002 10:17 PM

Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

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3/5

Michael Clawson

At times fun, at others too smart for it's own good. It's big flaw: the long, drawn-out ending.

comment Comment | Aug., 01 2002 09:08 AM

West Valley View

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36/100

Kurt Dahlke

Men at Work stinks up the joint worse than the garbage that the title characters haul.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 30 2002 08:03 AM

Apollo Guide

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3/5

Bob Grimm

No review available.

comment Comment | Jul., 26 2002 01:51 AM

Las Vegas Mercury

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1/5

Scott Weinberg

The garbage man motif is pretty fitting.

comment Comment | Jul., 25 2002 10:37 PM

eFilmCritic.com

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1/4

Chris Hicks

Men at Work will be a painful experience even for fans of the stars.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 26 2001 02:57 PM

Deseret News, Salt Lake City

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Rita Kempley

Like the jokes, the brothers' rapport seems recycled from childhood. Sheen and Estevez are hardly working.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM

Washington Post

 
 
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