The Company You Keep

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The Company You Keep

R

2013

2h 1m

Mystery & Thriller

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Decades after an ill-fated robbery, a former member (Susan Sarandon) of the Weather Underground turns herself in to authorities. While covering the story, reporter Ben Shepard (Shia LaBeouf) discovers that recently widowed lawyer Jim Grant (Robert Redford) was also a member of that particular group. Grant slips by the FBI agents tracking him and goes on the run, hoping to track down his former lover, Mimi (Julie Christie), who's still underground and fighting for the cause.

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Critics Consensus

The Company You Keep is a (frustratingly) slow-burning thriller about very contemporary issues.

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Wesley Morris

Grantland

01/03/2014

This is the most depressing movie ever made about radicalism.

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

04/26/2013

3/5

This chase film combines elements of the thriller and newspaper procedural to create a contemporary saga about political idealism, stone-cold realities, and the repercussions of past deeds on future innocents.

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Rick Groen

Globe and Mail

04/26/2013

2.5/4

You can't help but applaud the effort, even as it falls short.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Jul 18

4/5

"The Company You Keep" is an impressive political and journalism thriller that keeps its story at an approachable and realistic level without evolving into wild disbelief like so many other fictional films in this genre.

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David Bax

Battleship Pretension

03/17/2021

It ultimately settles, like many of its characters did, for pleasant mediocrity.

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

08/05/2020

3/5

Quality political thriller starring (and also directed by) Robert Redford.

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Irene M

Oct 6

Watched after Robert Redford's passing, given he both directed and acted in it. The concept was gripping, the cast strong, albeit the script was weak in places. Glad I saw it!

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Pongo K

Oct 4

This is a GOOD movie! Not much action, but drama, suspence, thriller, mystery, and feel good. I highly recommend it.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Sep 16

Success in 2 hours and 1 minute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ages 17 and older!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $5,100,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Thomas P

Mar 17

Star studded cast….and I wanted every one to lose. None of the characters have redeeming qualities. I was rooting against them all.

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RICHARD S

Mar 16

Initially, has the feel of an authentic docu-drama, but phony character names give it away as fiction. Redford, charming as ever, looks about 20 years older than character he plays, although he performs excellently as a widowed dad of a ten-year-old girl. By midway, the story begins to lack authenticity in the way the plot and actions evolve. Still, a pretty good piece of entertainment. Spoiler: I liked the hollywood ending!

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Paul M

Mar 1

Thought it was a great movie overall. I felt for the characters, felt the paranoia, the loyalty, acting was great, suspense was A-1. Shia played "Shia in every movie" as does Robert Redford it's just more fun to watch Redford. However, these factors wouldn't stop me from recommending, it's a fun movie that makes you FEEL something. Especially given todays climate.

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Synopsis

Decades after an ill-fated robbery, a former member (Susan Sarandon) of the Weather Underground turns herself in to authorities. While covering the story, reporter Ben Shepard (Shia LaBeouf) discovers that recently widowed lawyer Jim Grant (Robert Redford) was also a member of that particular group. Grant slips by the FBI agents tracking him and goes on the run, hoping to track down his former lover, Mimi (Julie Christie), who's still underground and fighting for the cause.

Director: Robert Redford
Producer: Nicolas Chartier, Robert Redford, Bill Holderman
Screenwriter: Lem Dobbs
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: Wildwood Enterprises, Voltage Pictures
Rating: R (Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 5, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 13, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.1M
Runtime: 2h 1m

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