Company Man (film)
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| Cinematography | Russell Boyd |
| Edited by | Camilla Toniolo |
| Music by | David Lawrence |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Countries | France United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $16 million |
| Box office | $146,193 (US) |
Company Man is a 2000 comedy film written and directed by Peter Askin and Douglas McGrath. The film stars McGrath, Sigourney Weaver, John Turturro, Ryan Phillippe, Alan Cumming, Anthony LaPaglia, Woody Allen, and Denis Leary as "Officer Fry". Bill Murray had a cameo appearance in the film that was cut before the film's release.[citation needed]
Plot
[edit]In the 1960s, Alan Quimp is a schoolteacher of English grammar and married to the very demanding Daisy Quimp. In order to avoid the constant mockery in Daisy's family, Alan says that he is a secret CIA agent. Daisy tells everybody, the CIA acknowledges the lie, but due to a coincidence, Alan has just helped and hidden the professional Russian dancer Petrov who wanted to leave Russia. The CIA decides to hire Alan as an agent, to get the credit for bringing Petrov to the USA, and immediately decides to send him to a very calm place, Cuba.
Cast
[edit]- Alan Cumming as General Batista
- Anthony LaPaglia as Fidel Castro
- Denis Leary as Officer Fry
- Douglas McGrath as Alan Quimp
- John Turturro as Crocker Johnson
- Sigourney Weaver as Daisy Quimp
- Ryan Phillippe as Rudolph Petrov
- Jeffrey Jones as Senator Biggs
- Paul Guilfoyle as Officer Hickle
- Heather Matarazzo as Nora
- Meredith Patterson as Marilyn Monroe
- Tuck Milligan as President Kennedy
- Woody Allen (uncredited) as Lowther
- Jason Antoon (uncredited) as Croupier
- Bill Murray (cameo, deleted scene)
- Edward Priest as Company Man
Release
[edit]Box office
[edit]The film grossed $146,193 on a $16 million budget.[1]
Critical reception
[edit]Rotten Tomatoes reports that 14% of 63 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating was 3.4/10. The consensus states: "A flat and misconceived movie with big stars."[2] On Metacritic, the film has an 18/100 rating, indicating "overwhelming dislike".[3]
Lisa Nesselson of Variety called it "consistently silly, occasionally funny but mostly forced".[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Company Man". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ "Company Man (2001)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ "Company Man". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ Nesselson, Lisa (25 May 2000). "Review: 'Company Man'". Variety. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
External links
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- 2000 films
- English-language French films
- French spy comedy films
- British spy comedy films
- Cold War spy films
- Films set in the 1960s
- Films set in Cuba
- Films shot in New York City
- Films directed by Peter Askin
- 2000s spy comedy films
- Films about the Central Intelligence Agency
- Films with screenplays by Douglas McGrath
- Films directed by Douglas McGrath
- American spy comedy films
- 2000 comedy films
- 2000s English-language films
- 2000s American films
- 2000s British films
- 2000s French films
- English-language spy comedy films