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 In the Company of Men (DVD)
Description: Genre: Comedy / Theatrical Release: 1997 / Director: Neil LaBute / Actors: Aaron Eckhart, Stacy Edwards ... / DVD ... more  In the Company of Men (DVD) ... released 17 March, 1998 at Columbia TriStar / Features of the DVD: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, WidescreenNewest Review: ... It's about the way our drives for power and influence, stymied and constrained within institutional boundaries, become ... more ... corrupted and petty. In a world where there are no values except success and power is its own end, LaBute seems to be saying, friendship and love turn into manipulative tools. And what's truly ghastly about the film (and what makes it such a success), is that the emotional destruction of the woman is a kind of achievement when you see the world in those terms. The denouement is one of the most effective in years simply for the amount of callousness and pain mixed into it. Eckhardt gives a fantastic performance - ...more |
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by - written on 02.08.00
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I heard about this film from a friend. He told me it was extremely funny, in a cruel sort of way. After watching it, I found this is indeed very funny. Apparently, this film got under a lot of people's skin. Perhaps this film, written and directed by Neil LaBute, about two corporate cowboys who romantically set up a young deaf woman just to cruelly reject her hits too close to home. It's about the way our drives for power and influence, stymied and constrained within institutional boundaries, become corrupted and petty. In a world where there are no values except success and power is its own end, LaBute seems to be saying, friendship and love turn into ...
