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In the Company of Men

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Chad (Aaron Eckhart) and Howard (Matt Malloy) are junior executives working in the Midwest who are sent on a six-week business trip, with Howard in charge of the project. Both are suffering from recent breakups with their girlfriends, and, in a twisted game of male domination, they vengefully plot to both romance a deaf secretary (Stacy Edwards) with the intention of simultaneously breaking up with her and thus destroying her fragile self-esteem.
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Neil LaBute's pitch-black comedy is a masterful exploration of male insecurity, and it's elevated by a breakout performance by Aaron Eckhart as a businessman who likes to play psychological games.

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Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly Rated: A Sep 7, 2011 Full Review David Edelstein Slate A dazzling, repellent exercise in which the case against men is closed before it's opened. Feb 11, 2008 Full Review Jeff Giles Newsweek LaBute, a playwright and former drama teacher, has succeeded in creating a study of banal, everyday evil. Feb 11, 2008 Full Review Michael Atkinson Spin The dark side of Dilbert, Neil LaBute's scabrous In the Company of Men tells us all we ever wanted to know, or rather, all we already knew in our guts, about life on the postindustrial cube farm. Dec 27, 2022 Full Review Bob Satuloff The Advocate Some viewers may be appalled by its heartlessness, but others will find it a cinematic acid bath that lays bare the awful truth. Jun 1, 2022 Full Review Jack Hawkins HeyUGuys Ultimately, In the Company of Men may be a meditation on personal evil. And on a note as dour as that, I'd urge you to watch In the Company of Men, a 90s indie that's truly deserving of 'hidden gem' status. Rated: 5/5 Jan 13, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Nelson M I can't believe this film gets any praise at all. The premise is absolutely repugnant, and I'm not offended easily. Beyond that, it's senseless and predictable. It's bad enough that these two creeps want to hurt a woman, but the fact that the woman is handicapped makes it beyond cruel. This is supposed to show insight into make behavior? You have to really hate men to think so. This film is filth, disguised (barely) as "art." It's garbage. I feel defiled having watched it. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 10/19/24 Full Review Diegostosu Just wonderful! It took time, but I believe I watched the bravest film of my life. And it's a good comedy by the way, it makes you want to do the same hahaha Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/09/23 Full Review Thomas M Best filmmaking debut ever from Neil LaBute! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/25/22 Full Review william d I was touch and go on this one until the last twenty minutes or so. It didn't pull any punches at the end and I liked that. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Ekhart is excellent as the sociopath behind this weird game. Definitely an original plot but somehow I was never pulled into caring about anyone or how things transpired. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Neil LaBute proves himself again to be a sexist, bigoted filmmaker whose characters love to blame women for all of their problems. The story offers no real message or interesting story arc. These two men treat a woman with a disability like absolute dog shit, one physically assaults her and the other has been cheating all along? I'd give no stars if I could and 5 out of 5 "fuck yous". I hate this movie so much I created a Rotten Tomatoes account just to review it. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Chad (Aaron Eckhart) and Howard (Matt Malloy) are junior executives working in the Midwest who are sent on a six-week business trip, with Howard in charge of the project. Both are suffering from recent breakups with their girlfriends, and, in a twisted game of male domination, they vengefully plot to both romance a deaf secretary (Stacy Edwards) with the intention of simultaneously breaking up with her and thus destroying her fragile self-esteem.
Director
Neil LaBute
Producer
Stephen Pevner, Mark Archer
Screenwriter
Neil LaBute
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 28, 1997, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 19, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$3.0M
Runtime
1h 35m
Sound Mix
Stereo, Surround
Aspect Ratio
35mm, Flat (1.85:1)
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