Fresh
It turns out that middle-ranking executives and even some corporate board members have feelings. Who knew?
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
The Company Men
In America, we give our lives to our jobs. It's time to take them back.
2010 · 1h 44m · R
Drama
Directed by
John Wells
Overview
Bobby Walker lives the proverbial American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and two co-workers jobless, the three men are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands and fathers.
Director and cast
- John Wells Director
- Ben Affleck as Bobby Walker
- Tommy Lee Jones as Gene McClary
- Chris Cooper as Phil Woodward
- Kevin Costner as Jack Dolan
- Maria Bello as Sally Wilcox
- Rosemarie DeWitt as Maggie Walker
- Craig T. Nelson as Conal Doherty
- Tom Kemp as Conal Doherty
- Nancy Villone as Diane Lindstrom
- Patricia Kalember as Cynthia McClary
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Everything is pat, from the stereotyped characters (Kevin Costner plays the noble blue-collar worker) to the obvious plot turns.
Rafer Guzman, Newsday
Rotten
There's also little sense of what these characters were like before reality came crashing down on them.
Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Rotten
This is a film without spark. The frustrations are real, but they are neither terribly entertaining nor enlightening.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
"The Company Men" is a worthwhile outing that takes despair - but also resilience - seriously.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
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