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Men at Work

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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 Full Review Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: D- Sep 7, 2011 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Harmless good fun starring some brothers. The older I get I find that people are just too cynical when it comes to reviews. I’ve definitely made that mistake too, but come on it’s not that serious. This is a fun movie you shouldn’t expect a life changing experience fun. Keith David was the best actor in the movie. 3.5/5 stars. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/18/24 Full Review Narciso R Not bad for being a brother movie, directed by one of them. Keith David does an awesome job, he's hilarious. A politician gets killed, who doesn't like that? NRJ. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/26/24 Full Review Bryan P Genuinely terrible. I like silly “buddy movies,” but even with that in mind, this movie is just dumb. Don’t waste your time. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 08/11/24 Full Review Mark O Michael Biehn is worse Rated 1 out of 5 stars 04/17/24 Full Review Jelisije J A movie that is held up by the actors and not the script itself. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/21/24 Full Review Steve D It should have been fun to see these two together. It wasn't. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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