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      People I Know

      2002, Drama, 1h 40m

      56 Reviews 5,000+ Ratings

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      The derivative plot fails to cohere or draw the viewer in. Read critic reviews

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      Movie Info

      Burnt-out publicist Eli Wurman (Al Pacino) hopes to restore his reputation with a big benefit event. His client, Cary Launer (Ryan O'Neal), who's planning to enter politics, asks Eli to get his former lover, Jilli Hopper (Tea Leoni), out of town before she can ruin his reputation. While looking after Jilli, a drunken Eli witnesses her murder and is unable to decide how to handle it. Wrestling with his conscience, Eli is further unnerved by the arrival of an old flame, Victoria (Kim Basinger).

      • Rating: R (Language|Drug Use|Brief Sexual Images)

      • Genre: Drama

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: Daniel Algrant

      • Producer: Michael Nozik, Leslie Urdang, Karen Tenkhoff

      • Writer: Jon Robin Baitz

      • Release Date (Theaters):  wide

      • Release Date (Streaming):

      • Box Office (Gross USA): $122.0K

      • Runtime:

      • Distributor: Miramax Films

      • Production Co: Myriad Pictures, South Fork Pictures

      • Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Dolby Stereo

      • Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

      Cast & Crew

      Al Pacino
      Kim Basinger
      Ryan O'Neal
      Téa Leoni
      Richard Schiff
      Bill Nunn
      Robert Klein
      Kirk D'Amico
      Philip von Alvensleben
      Robert Redford
      Nellie Nugiel
      Peter Deming
      Michael Shaw
      Suzy Elmiger
      David Robinson
      Terence Blanchard
      Robin Urdang
      Christopher Violette

      Critic Reviews for People I Know

      Audience Reviews for People I Know

      • Dec 27, 2007

        An interesting film.

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      • Nov 05, 2007

        Though the films themselves stylistically are completely different, the basic plots of "People I Know" and "Carlito's Way" are the same. Here, rather than a gangster, Pacino plays a burnt-out publicist eager to escape his shady way of life but, like Carlito, doomed never to do so. The story doesn't ever really get going but the acting is an absolute treat, with Pacino giving an immaculate performance, truly one of his finest ever.

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      • Jul 02, 2007

        Man, didn't have high hopes for this movie which was a good thing. This is one of the lesser known Pacino movies and for a good reason; it wasn't any good. Pacino did some okay acting, nice to see him play the old helpless role, but nothing really to see here, from anyone.

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      • May 21, 2007

        Bad movie. Al Pacino WTH are you doing ???

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