The Company Men
Weinstein Company, The | Release Date: January 21, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
69
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Generally favorable reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
Positive:
25
Mixed:
9
Negative:
0
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60
EmpireJames WhiteMar 7, 2011
Wells knows how to extract the goods from a great cast, but it's in service of a somewhat mundane story. Still, it'll make you think about the imbalance in the business world, even if the arguments and consequences are nothing all that revolutionary. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianShawn LevyFeb 10, 2011
Has its heart someplace worthy. But its head -- not so much. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesFeb 3, 2011
There's nothing that feels like real rage, nothing that even remotely approximates the spiritual decimation of a termination. Read full review
60
SlateDana StevensJan 22, 2011
If only the results weren't so respectably dull. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenJan 21, 2011
The film itself struggles to do justice to each victim. Turns out three stories are two too many. The Company Men should have been downsized. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMichael PhillipsDec 9, 2010
I'd like to think the earnest sentiments and machine-tooled dramatic complications of Wells' script could find a receptive audience in late 2010. I'd like to think, too, that the mess we're in demands a gutsier script. Good cast, though. Read full review
50
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternDec 9, 2010
For all his years doing "E.R." and other top-line TV series, Mr. Wells hasn't yet tailored his techniques to the big screen. Read full review
60
VarietyTodd McCarthyDec 8, 2010
The pain feels cushioned and secondhand, the characters are not terribly sympathetic or interesting other than for their misfortune, and the film shows little interest in analyzing the situation other than to point fingers at greedy CEOs. Read full review
60
Time OutJoshua RothkopfDec 7, 2010
A quintet of actors carve out a beautiful, ill-fated geometry in John Wells's layoff drama, which might play like a retort to "Up in the Air" if it didn't have shortcomings of its own. Read full review
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