Man About Town

R

2006

1h 37m

Comedy

Drama

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38%

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8 Reviews

29%

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5,000+ Ratings

Hollywood agent Jack Giamoro (Ben Affleck) has a ruthless dedication to his work and a tendency to neglect his wife, Nina (Rebecca Romijn). Upon discovering that Nina has been sleeping with an up-and-coming actor, Giamoro enrolls in a self-help course and begins keeping a diary. But, when that diary, with its tell-all account of Giamoro's professional and personal turmoil, falls into the hands of freelance writer Barbi Ling (Bai Ling), he struggles to retrieve it and prevent a massive scandal.

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David Cornelius

eFilmCritic.com

Man About Town is frustratingly manic in its tone... the unevenness wears too thin too quickly.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 2, 2007

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Scott Weinberg

DVD Clinic

Binder's made some really fine movies and some curiously weak ones; my opinion is that this one falls firmly in the latter group.

Rated: 2.5/5

Mar 1, 2007

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Brian Orndorf

DVDTalk.com

How dense is Binder? He uses an acoustic version of Our Lips Are Sealed to underscore a tender moment Jack recalls from his childhood. Because nothing says 1976 quite like an iconic song from 1981.

Rated: D

Feb 14, 2007

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

has enough of a sense of humor to overcome the Affleck-induced malaise that you might otherwise be expecting

Rated: 3/5

Feb 13, 2007

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...Binder's reliance on increasingly melodramatic elements effectively negates the film's few positive attributes...

Rated: 1.5/4

Feb 11, 2007

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Pablo Villaça

Cinema em Cena

O desfecho, em sua nsia de amarrar a narrativa com uma mensagenzinha engrandecedora, soa falso e no faz jus ao restante do filme, que utiliza muito bem o humor para desenvolver personagens quase sempre interessantes.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 19, 2006

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Audience Member

After a half hour (which felt like 1.5 hours) I felt like I committed too much time to not watch the ending. Do yourself a favor & don't start. The characters are shallow, not interesting, & I didn't even care what happened to them in the end. The only thing I liked about the movie was discovering the song "Red States" by Fredo Viola.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

It truly is junk. I made the mistake of giving a second chance halfway through, and ended seeing all of it. An hour and a half of my life wasted. Abysmally stupid and pointless.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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adam b

A suprise charming film that weirded me out to the brink of me actually liking the film, although it ended generically.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Don't waste your time. If an introspective, 'woe-is-me' melodrama and a French slapstick comedy had a head-on collision, the wreckage would look just like this. It's all over the place. Sometimes it's about a successful man who's sad because his wife cheats...and then suddenly he's wearing BIG fake teeth. If that's not bad enough, Bai Ling is in it. She has dialog. That never goes well. It's no surprise that this went straight to DVD. Those DVD's probably went straight to the bargain bin.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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william s

Light on the comedy heavy on the boredom.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Frances H

Not stir-fire exciting, but a good object lesson about getting too caught up in the rat race. John Cleese is always good.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/11/14

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Jack

Rebecca Romijn

Nina

John Cleese

Dr. Primkin

Samuel Ball

Jimmy

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Morty

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Synopsis

Hollywood agent Jack Giamoro (Ben Affleck) has a ruthless dedication to his work and a tendency to neglect his wife, Nina (Rebecca Romijn). Upon discovering that Nina has been sleeping with an up-and-coming actor, Giamoro enrolls in a self-help course and begins keeping a diary. But, when that diary, with its tell-all account of Giamoro's professional and personal turmoil, falls into the hands of freelance writer Barbi Ling (Bai Ling), he struggles to retrieve it and prevent a massive scandal.

Director: Mike Binder
Producer: Jack Binder, Michael Rotenberg, Sammy Lee
Screenwriter: Mike Binder
Production Co: Media 8 Entertainment
Rating: R (Some Sexual Content|Language|A Scene of Violence)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 1, 2011
Runtime: 1h 37m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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