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Man About Town

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Man About Town (2006)

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Reviews Counted:8

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Rotten:5

Average Rating:5.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Ben Affleck stars in this lighthearted comedy as Jack, a slick Hollywood agent with his work all in line but his personal life in shambles. When he signs up for a self-help course, his colleague... Ben Affleck stars in this lighthearted comedy as Jack, a slick Hollywood agent with his work all in line but his personal life in shambles. When he signs up for a self-help course, his colleague gets wind of it, and he finds his attempts at self-improvement are the source of the world's laughter. Directed by Mike Binder, MAN ABOUT TOWN also stars Rebecca Romijn and John Cleese. [More]

Starring: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Romijn, Mike Binder, John Cleese

Starring: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Romijn, Mike Binder, John Cleese, Gina Gershon, Adam Goldberg, Howard Hesseman, Bai Ling, Jerry O'Connell, Kal Penn, Amber Valletta, Damien Dante Wayans

Director: Mike Binder

Director: Mike Binder
Screenwriter: Mike Binder
Composer: Larry Groupe

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How dense is Binder? He uses an acoustic version of Our Lips Are Sealed to underscore a tender moment Jack recalls from his childhood. Because nothing says 1976 quite like an iconic song from 1981.

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02/14/07
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
DVDTalk.com

has enough of a sense of humor to overcome the Affleck-induced malaise that you might otherwise be expecting

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02/13/07
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

Man About Town is frustratingly manic in its tone... the unevenness wears too thin too quickly.

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04/02/07
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
eFilmCritic.com

...Binder's reliance on increasingly melodramatic elements effectively negates the film's few positive attributes...

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02/11/07
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

Binder's made some really fine movies and some curiously weak ones; my opinion is that this one falls firmly in the latter group.

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03/01/07
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
DVD Clinic

Affleck's best performance since Good Will Hunting

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09/03/06
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

O desfecho, em sua ânsia de amarrar a narrativa com uma mensagenzinha engrandecedora, soa falso e não faz jus ao restante do filme, que utiliza muito bem o humor para desenvolver personagens quase sempre interessantes.

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12/19/06
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

Like writer director Mike Binder's previous film, The Upside of Anger, there is bite in this comedy as it looks at relationships, inner-demons and resolutions.

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08/25/06
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