kojap
Everyone needs to feel wanted, important, like they're contributing. This movie is so relatable for me right now. I forgot how good this movie was.
dmitri sokolovski
Movies supposed to inspire, entertain, be thought provoking, funny and this is what for I'm prepared to pay.Some might say that this movie is thought provoking. I would agree with this, but the thing is that I see that every day in my life - my friends, neighbours, family members getting fired, getting new jobs, I see lives being destroyed, new ventures being started etc. Why would I want to pay for it to watch it on a screen? It's a good movie from the technical point of view i.e. the acting was good, directing, music, but it doesn't have substantiality, it's like watching the world go by. Sit in a coffee shop for 2 hours, watch people pass by, talk to each other and there's your movie.So find something useful to do instead of wasting it on this movie.
851222
Greetings from Lithuania.By saying that "The Company Men" (2010) is a disturbing picture i don't mean it's a thriller of horror picture, although in some way you can find it a horror. Horror and disturbance comes from idea of loosing your job, no matter how good you are, loosing it is a frightening idea. you have a family, a house and everything build around the money you are receiving from your work, and the one day it's just goes boom. It the worst feeling you can have. Now this movie is a really good one. All actors did a great job, and especially Ben Affleck who absolutely carries the film. Tommy Lee Jones and especially Kevin Costner are very solid in their respective roles. This movie touched more that many dramas because it accurately reflects on modern times, of having, loosing your job and what comes after - this is a very 21th century story - more of reality actually. Overall, a very solid film, but be warned, when watching it you will definitely are going to imagine yourself in the place of these characters, and the feeling is not the most satisfying. i gave it 10/10 because this picture involved my from the first till the last second.
troydolan7
Having some experience with corporate America and being fired I was eager to see this. While I did relate to and appreciate some elements, the problem is you can see where this movie is going a mile away. The main character has a metamorphosis from ego driven career man until he gets what's really important in life...ya know the kind of stuff he should have understood before he got fired. While the Ben Affleck character is compelling, it's still too hard to make the white collar exec losing his job into a sympathetic story. Other character's fate you can see a mile away while the Chris Cooper character killing himself. And to make the one prominent female employment sleep with one of the executives hearkens back to old fashioned movie sexism where most successful females were portrayed as ruthless women who would sleep their way to their top if they have to (and this is coming from a guy). And giving Kevin Costner a Boston accent is strange casting indeed. A noble attempt but ultimately this movie is about as satisfying as a trip to the unemployment office.
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