Review of The Company Men (2010) by Hoops2448 — 22 Oct 2011
The Company Men has some of the best acting I have seen in a long while. It's just too damn bad that its just so exceedingly boring. The characters are so remarkably real and well portrayed but it the characters have no room to move with the story being so rigid and slow.
Affleck seems bored with the monotonous script, Tommy Lee Jones brings his usual enthusiasm but it is overpowered by the tedium, Chris Cooper is a glorified extra and Maria Bello just seems to be there as eye candy (much like Affleck's wife).
Its the most unfulfilled film with the acting being engrossing but the story failing to engage until the last 20 minutes. If it had built to that ending a little more it could have been a nice indie film about redundancy and life afterwards.
However there is no movement, no life in the direction, script or editing. Its just a whole lot of well acted nothing.
This review of The Company Men (2010) was written by Hoops2448 on 22 Oct 2011.
The Company Men has generally received positive reviews.
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