Men at Work

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Men at Work

PG-13

1990

1h 38m

Comedy

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Carl Taylor (Charlie Sheen) and James St. James (Emilio Estevez) are garbage men who spend their workdays goofing around and disrupting the quiet on the streets of their town. But their good-natured fun comes to an abrupt halt when they discover a local politician's corpse in one of their cans. Determined that this is their chance to be more than trash collectors, this snarky pair of amateur detectives decide to solve the case on their own and so become entangled in a toxic waste cover-up.

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Odie Henderson

House Next Door

Men at Work is patient zero for the plague of Charlie Sheen movies that infected the 1990s.

Aug 28, 2015

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Time Out

The grotesque practical jokes perpetrated against two interfering bumblers are genuinely funny, while Estevez and Sheen remain cutely goofy even when indulging themselves in this adolescent idiocy.

Jun 24, 2006

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

The movie's desire to please is tireless, also engaging. Mr. Estevez's screenplay is not entirely coherent, but it has a number of comically crackpot lines.

Rated: 3/5

May 20, 2003

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Estevez tries hard (as usual, Sheen just shows up), but the laughs simply aren't there.

Rated: 2/4

Feb 8, 2023

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Douglas Davidson

Elements of Madness

It may not be as funny as it once was, but it reminds fans of Estevez, Sheen, and David that these actors were some of the best at the time. Thankfully, there is current evidence of at least Estevez and David that this remains to be true.

Jan 24, 2023

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

There's little doubt that Men at Work fares best in its freewheeling, agreeably lighthearted opening stretch...

Rated: 2.5/4

Apr 5, 2020

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Omid S

This movie is absolutely great nine out of 10. It should be at least 75 or 80% on rotten tomatoes. People are stupid. They don’t appreciate the 90s movies. If you love these two actors and a few other amazing actors and you love this movie don’t listen to rotten tomato all the time they’re dumb and they’re only for new age movies Free on Tubi

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/21/25

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CHi A

Classic 90's fare. Sheen & Estevez yuk it up with nicely timed one-liners.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/21/25

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Drew F

Fun enjoyable movie.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/08/25

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Stephen C

The entire cast failed in 1 hour and 38 minutes.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/27/25

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steve d

I enjoyed it more than i thought i would. As far as bad old movies go there's way worse. This one was mostly pretty fun.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/04/25

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Frans B

Zany, wacky, silly. If that's your cup of tea, sure. But, no ... Must have been a good effort at that time, but it fails to entertain

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/01/25

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Synopsis

Carl Taylor (Charlie Sheen) and James St. James (Emilio Estevez) are garbage men who spend their workdays goofing around and disrupting the quiet on the streets of their town. But their good-natured fun comes to an abrupt halt when they discover a local politician's corpse in one of their cans. Determined that this is their chance to be more than trash collectors, this snarky pair of amateur detectives decide to solve the case on their own and so become entangled in a toxic waste cover-up.

Director: Emilio Estevez
Producer: Cassian Elwes, Barbara Stordahl
Screenwriter: Emilio Estevez
Production Co: Epic Productions, Euphoria Films Production
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 1, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $14.1M
Runtime: 1h 38m
Sound Mix: Surround

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