Interesting, original premise starts off with a slow burn, but eventually challenges you into watching the screen without a cringe.
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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
Reviews for In the Company of Men
The strength of LaBute's conception every step of the way is in forcing the issue of where we belong in this picture -- with Chad, with Howard, or with Christine.
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There is absolutely nothing extraneous in LaBute's movie -- one of those lovely confluences of artistic vision and budgetary restrictions.
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This is a brilliant film, but I found it very hard to watch.
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Has been both exalted as a brilliant satire and scorned as a shallow burp of white male indigestion posing as satire. It's probably a little of both.
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The kind of bold, uncompromising film that insists on being thought about afterward -- talked about, argued about, hated if necessary, but not ignored.
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Top CriticThe three leads inhabit their roles in the way only unknown actors can. They really seem to become the characters they're playing.
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The best American film to appear this year.
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The acting is superlative, and the imaginative script has minimalist cadence à la David Mamet. The result is at once devastating and compelling.
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The strength of this uncomfortable yet irresistable film lies in its writing, with the performances a close second.
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What is the point? We should all be nice to each other? Like we need a movie to tell us that, and badly.
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