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In the Company of Men (1997)

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Reviews Counted: 52 Fresh: 46  Rotten:6 Average Rating: 7.8/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

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 beautiful deaf secretary (Stacy Edwards) solely for the purpose of dumping her and thus... 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 beautiful deaf secretary (Stacy Edwards) solely for the purpose of dumping her and thus gaining revenge on her sex. While one of the junior execs, Chad (Aaron Eckhart), is relentlessly cold-blooded and cruel, his partner, Howard (Matt Malloy), proves to be a spineless tagalong. When their manipulative game ends, one of them is in for a shocking surprise. Touted as "the most controversial film of the year" upon its release in 1997, this articulate black comedy sparked a roiling storm of praise and loathing from critics and audiences alike. Eckhart, a college friend of LaBute's, became the primary lightning rod for these passionate, widely varying responses, winning an Independent Spirit Award for his performance while also fending off occasional verbal abuse from angry women mistaking him for the reptilian character he plays. The film unapologetically depicts appalling behavior but never condones Chad and Howard's actions, making it one of the most intriguing and memorable movies of the late 1990s. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Matt Malloy, Stacy Edwards

Director: Neil LaBute
Screenwriter: Neil LaBute
Producer: Mark Archer, Stephen Pevner
Composer: Ken Williams, Karel Roessingh

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Release:

May 3, 1999

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Cruel, cool and pleasingly provocative.

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02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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A disturbing, well observed screen debut from director LaBute, while the three central performances are spot on.

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Caroline Westbrook
Empire Magazine
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10/10

LaBute's film is not easy to watch, deal with or understand. But its effect is unmistakable.

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01/01/00
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
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A dazzling, repellent exercise in which the case against men is closed before it's opened.

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02/11/08
David Edelstein
Slate
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LaBute, a playwright and former drama teacher, has succeeded in creating a study of banal, everyday evil.

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02/11/08
Jeff Giles
Newsweek
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A bitterly promising screenwriting-directing debut from playwright Neil LaBute.

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02/11/08
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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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.

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02/11/08
Dennis Harvey
Variety
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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

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10/25/06
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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A compelling, but not likable, film.

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04/09/05
Robin Clifford
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10/30/04
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)
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Fred Topel
About.com
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02/20/04
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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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.

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01/11/04
Michael Dequina
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Frank Swietek
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07/30/03
Ryan Cracknell
Movie Views
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Eerily unflinching film that features three first-rate performances.

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07/28/03
Dan Lybarger
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07/18/03
Leonard Klady
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07/10/03
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central
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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.

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05/20/03
Leonard Schwarz
Palo Alto Weekly
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Brilliant black comedy - razor sharp, unapologetic stuff.

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05/18/03
Shannon J. Harvey
Sunday Times (Australia)
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