| I resisted this movie because of the unflinching mysogyny it flaunted, and then I finally saw it. In the Company of Men is definitely aware of the fact that it is about a bad guy, and even the characters all know he is a bad guy, yet there is no retribution and no Hollywood style Glenn-Close-coming-back-to-life-and-killing-Michael-Douglas epi-epilogue. |
| By far, no. The actors, all newbies, are great, and the deaf secretary is much more multilayered than I would have expected from such a pigcentric movie. Our main bad guy, Chad (we can't recall the actor's name which is a shame - Aaaron Eckhart? Eckman?), well, I have dated him. Not the actor, but the GUY he plays. And I do not know a female alive except MAYBE my sister (who is 16) who has not dated this guy. Ladies out there, if you meet a man named Gregory Thomas Fuller, he *is* Chad, so run away. |
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Man, I have been waiting for a forum to out this guy forever!
Anyway, the film sometimes smacks of student film (it's a visceral thing) and sometimes has the sweet smell of cinematic polish. It's well made and it's engaging even though you SO know what will happen. It has some awkward moments where it seems the filmmakers (I am just flush with data aren't I?) forgot what they were making the movie about. |
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But the people are real, the feelings are real, and the guys are jerks. The workplace in which their misadventures are set is so sketchily dealt with that you have no idea what they do for a living, yet they talk about work all the time. Writing-wise, this really impressed me. I would like to see a screwball mistaken identity comedy out of the writer(s). The impetus for the mens' behavior is a little weak but hey, isn't it always? |
I say, go see it. But ladies, you pay matinee price or get a man to take you, because you will feel stupid about whatever Chad you dated in the past. Guys, be understanding and pay full price BUT DON'T YOU GO AND GET ANY IDEAS.
karina
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