Company Man
Intermedia | Release Date: February 16, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
18
METASCORE
Overwhelming dislike based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
2
Negative:
18
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
At its best, Company Man hums from one piece to the next, a harmless, good-natured, often silly spoof with a few cutting barbs and a comic showman's love of the well-executed gag. Read full review
50
USA TodayMike Clark
A few chuckles will be had by both the rabble and more learned brains. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeJay Carr
It's not that the film is devoid of honestly earned laughs here and there. The problem is that there are too few of them and that the film can't connect them.
38
Philadelphia InquirerDesmond Ryan
The scenario looms as a brain-dead invitation for the stars to embarrass themselves, and Company Man wastes little time in fulfilling that glum suspicion.
38
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
A painfully flat spoof of the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion. Read full review
33
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
If you've always longed to see a Cold War satire done in the hit 'em over the head frantic camp mode of ''Love, American Style,'' then Company Man is the movie for you. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesJan Stuart
Too often we feel that left-out-in-the-cold draft that blows over the shoulder whenever actors appear to be having more fun than the audience. Read full review
30
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Little more than a loose- jointed succession of goofy "Saturday Night Live"-style sketches and sight gags inspired by an actual event that is nearly half a century behind us. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The script, by co-writers and -directors Douglas McGrath and Peter Askin, is intermittently clever, but their direction is leaden and assassinates every gag with a lethal accuracy the CIA could only hope to achieve. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleWesley Morris
At least one chapter in the yet-to-be-written book "When Bad Movies Happen to Good People" belongs to the folks of Company Man. Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
The political movie satire from hell.
20
Film.comElizabeth Weitzman
A frenetic spoof of 1961's disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion, Company Man is likely to be forgotten quickly by audiences. Read full review
20
L.A. WeeklyManohla Dargis
Unfunny comedy. Nearly everyone is terrible except for Cumming, who just does what comes naturally and steals his every scene. Read full review
20
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
The unfunniest comedy I can recall seeing in ages. Read full review
20
VarietyLisa Nesselson
A consistently silly, occasionally funny but mostly forced account of how a mild-mannered teacher from Connecticut unwittingly triggered the Bay of Pigs fiasco. Read full review
20
Mr. ShowbizCody Clark
If Company Man were a wreck on the interstate, it would involve multiple cars and at least one jackknifed tanker truck, and traffic would be backed up for miles as passing motorists slow to gawk.
20
SalonCharles Taylor
There's nothing worse than a bad farce -- except for this Cuban missile crisis comedy that wastes talent like Sigourney Weaver, John Turturro and Alan Cumming. Read full review
12
New York PostLou Lumenick
A skin-crawlingly unfunny riff on Woody Allen's "Bananas."
12
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
It's an arch, awkward, ill-timed, forced political comedy set in 1959 and seemingly stranded there. Read full review
10
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Bracingly unfunny. Read full review
0
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Deadly dull tripe. Read full review
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