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      The Company

      PG-13 Released Dec 25, 2003 1h 52m Drama List
      72% 132 Reviews Tomatometer 49% 5,000+ Ratings Audience Score Loretta "Ry" Ryan (Neve Campbell) is an aspiring ballerina performing with the renowned Joffrey Ballet in Chicago. As she struggles with the demands of being a dancer, she also begins a relationship with the handsome Josh (James Franco), who isn't involved in that insular world. The drama looks at the lives of others in the company, including the passionate artistic director, Alberto Antonelli (Malcolm McDowell), and features many actual Joffrey dancers. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered May 21 Buy Now

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      Its deliberately unfocused narrative may frustrate some viewers, but The Company finds Altman gracefully applying his distinctive eye to the world of dance.

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      steve d Far too much time trying to look like a documentary when it should have been worried about a plot. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review dave j Similar to other Robert Altman (who was also credited as a producer) movies where there are several different characters all talking at once or at the same time as viewers are invested in the ballet/ dance "the company"- hence the title, and how it operates itself with Alberto (Malcolm McDowell) being the man in charge. Co-produced and starring Neve Campbell as Ry short for Ryan as she is attempting to succeed as the other dancers do with a side job working as a waitress. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member It’s a beautiful homage to ballet; but, seriously, what was the point of this film? Brava to Campbell and the dance company, but jeers to Altman and his writers for forgetting to write a PLOT. Unsung heroes: the poor bastards who had to try to market this film. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 09/12/18 Full Review kirby p This movie blows so hard I couldn't watch it. Gave up after a half hour and fast-forwarded through the rest. It didn't get any better. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review william s Campbell is excellent but the movie is all over the place,some may like that I did not. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Altman's signature fly-on-the-wall modus operandi on the ins and outs of a ballet company makes great infotainment and the purposeless story is just a pathetic backdrop. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Antonia Quirke London Evening Standard This is Altman at his easiest, his most unruffled, and complete. Dec 15, 2017 Full Review Nell Minow Common Sense Media Excellent look at what goes into creating ballet. Rated: 4/5 Dec 28, 2010 Full Review Angie Errigo Empire Magazine The venerable Altman's distinctive eye remains undimmed. Rated: 3/5 May 14, 2004 Full Review Joan Acocella The New York Review of Books A film drama that, for the first time in my experience, shows ballet dancers not as wounded birds, but as normal, serious working people. Aug 15, 2018 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com A minor work in the oeuvre of Altman or producer Vachon, this behind the scenes dance film exhibits the director's stylisic devices but lacks fresh and poignant insights. Rated: C+ Mar 23, 2013 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: C+ Jan 20, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Loretta "Ry" Ryan (Neve Campbell) is an aspiring ballerina performing with the renowned Joffrey Ballet in Chicago. As she struggles with the demands of being a dancer, she also begins a relationship with the handsome Josh (James Franco), who isn't involved in that insular world. The drama looks at the lives of others in the company, including the passionate artistic director, Alberto Antonelli (Malcolm McDowell), and features many actual Joffrey dancers.
      Director
      Robert Altman
      Screenwriter
      Barbara Turner
      Distributor
      Sony Pictures Classics
      Production Co
      First Snow Production, Capitol Films, Sandcastle 5 Productions, Sony Pictures Classics, Marly Pictures Inc., Killer Films, John Wells Productions
      Rating
      PG-13
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Dec 25, 2003, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jan 1, 2012
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $2.3M
      Runtime
      1h 52m
      Sound Mix
      Surround
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