The Company Men
Directed by: John Wells
Cast: Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper, Rosemarie DeWitt
Running Time: 1 hr 49 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: February 11, 2011
Plot: The story centers on a year in the life of three men trying to survive a round of corporate downsizing at a major company – and how that affects them, their families, and their communities.
Who’S It For? If you want a different perspective about the economic crisis, this film is a dramatic look at a big company trying to survive. It might be tough for some unemployed to watch.
Expectations: Great cast. That’s really all I knew. Based on the poster, we could be talking hit men or business men. I’m one of the people who thinks Affleck has always gotten a bad wrap.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Ben Affleck as Bobby Walker: Bobby comes in swinging his big stick. Seriously.
Directed by: John Wells
Cast: Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper, Rosemarie DeWitt
Running Time: 1 hr 49 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: February 11, 2011
Plot: The story centers on a year in the life of three men trying to survive a round of corporate downsizing at a major company – and how that affects them, their families, and their communities.
Who’S It For? If you want a different perspective about the economic crisis, this film is a dramatic look at a big company trying to survive. It might be tough for some unemployed to watch.
Expectations: Great cast. That’s really all I knew. Based on the poster, we could be talking hit men or business men. I’m one of the people who thinks Affleck has always gotten a bad wrap.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Ben Affleck as Bobby Walker: Bobby comes in swinging his big stick. Seriously.
- 2/11/2011
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
The Company Men
Directed by: John Wells
Cast: Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper, Kevin Costner
Running Time: 1 hr 44 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: January 21, 2011 (Chicago)
Plot: A group of business men that work for a downsizing Massachusetts company struggle to find ways to cope with their new situation.
Who’S It For? Despite whatever its title may indicate, this film transcends working collar color. While it does start as a drama about businessmen, it does reach out to more audiences directly than the film’s stepfather, Up in the Air.
Expectations: Venturing into The Company Men, I knew almost nothing about this film, except that this Ben Affleck and Tommy Lee Jones movie had received decent buzz at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Usually, that’s a promising sign. Its award season-friendly screening date also didn’t hurt.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Ben Affleck as Bobby Walker: A family man...
Directed by: John Wells
Cast: Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper, Kevin Costner
Running Time: 1 hr 44 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: January 21, 2011 (Chicago)
Plot: A group of business men that work for a downsizing Massachusetts company struggle to find ways to cope with their new situation.
Who’S It For? Despite whatever its title may indicate, this film transcends working collar color. While it does start as a drama about businessmen, it does reach out to more audiences directly than the film’s stepfather, Up in the Air.
Expectations: Venturing into The Company Men, I knew almost nothing about this film, except that this Ben Affleck and Tommy Lee Jones movie had received decent buzz at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Usually, that’s a promising sign. Its award season-friendly screening date also didn’t hurt.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Ben Affleck as Bobby Walker: A family man...
- 1/21/2011
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
Tommy Lee Jones and Ben Affleck in The Company Men
Photo: The Weinstein Co. If you can tell me what I was supposed to take away from The Company Men I would be greatly appreciative. So far as I can tell the moral of the story is that in the current economic climate you better hope you don't lose your job, but if you do, you damn well better hope you know someone with millions of dollars who can come along and set up a new company so you can get another one. Other than that, you're all screwed.
Now that I think about it, perhaps that is the message of writer/director John Wells's corporate downsizing feature that stars a fleet of acting talent but does very little to put it on display. Perhaps the downtrodden feature with, what I assumed to be, a shining beacon of hope...
Photo: The Weinstein Co. If you can tell me what I was supposed to take away from The Company Men I would be greatly appreciative. So far as I can tell the moral of the story is that in the current economic climate you better hope you don't lose your job, but if you do, you damn well better hope you know someone with millions of dollars who can come along and set up a new company so you can get another one. Other than that, you're all screwed.
Now that I think about it, perhaps that is the message of writer/director John Wells's corporate downsizing feature that stars a fleet of acting talent but does very little to put it on display. Perhaps the downtrodden feature with, what I assumed to be, a shining beacon of hope...
- 1/21/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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