Company Man (film)
5.6 /10 1 Votes
Initial DVD release August 28, 2001 Duration Language English | 5.4/10 IMDb Genre Comedy Budget 16 million USD Country France
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Director Peter Askin
Douglas McGrath Release date May 3, 2000 (2000-05-03) (France)
March 9, 2001 (2001-03-09) (United States) Writer Peter Askin, Douglas McGrath Directors Douglas McGrath, Peter Askin Cast Reathel Bean (Senator Farwood), Harriet Koppel (Stenographer), Douglas McGrath (Alan Quimp), Sigourney Weaver (Daisy Quimp), Terry Beaver (Mr. Judge), Sean Dugan (Skull and Bones Waiter)Similar movies Bad Company (2002) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Company man 2000 official trailer 1 sigourney weaver
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.
Contents
- Company man 2000 official trailer 1 sigourney weaver
- The company man protecting america s secrets
- Plot
- Cast
- Reception
- References
The company man protecting america s secrets
Plot
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
Reception
The film grossed $146,193 on a $16 million budget.
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." On Metacritic, the film has an 18/100 rating, indicating "overwhelming dislike". Lisa Nesselson of Variety called it "consistently silly, occasionally funny but mostly forced".
References
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