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Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy

Written by: John Krasinski
David Foster Wallace

Directed by: John Krasinski

Release Date:
Theatrical: September 25, 2009

Running Time: 80 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Julianne Nicholson, Will Forte, Dominic Cooper, Bobby Cannavale, Timothy Hutton, John Krasinski, Christopher Meloni, and Max Minghella

Based on the book by David Foster Wallace, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men is a darkly funny and disturbing exploration of men and their complex relationships with women. A graduate student endeavors to explore the male psyche for her thesis by interviewing a cross-section of men. The men’s twisted and revealing stories are juxtaposed against the backdrop of her own experience. As she begins to listen closely to the men around her, she must ultimately reconcile herself to the darkness that lies below the surface of human interactions. (IFC Films)

What The Critics Said

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70

The Hollywood Reporter James Greenberg

One hell of a date movie. A surgical examination of the male psyche based on David Foster Wallace's book and written and directed by John Krasinski, there is plenty of food for thought and argument.

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67

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

At times, the movie could have been called "Me and You and Every One of the Bastards We Know," but Krasinski preserves Wallace's whooshing roller coasters of words, powered by the fuel of confession.

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67

The Onion (A.V. Club) Noel Murray

Raises the question of whether Krasinski made this movie because he really loves Wallace’s work, or because just he wanted to show Hollywood that the loveable doof from The Office can actually act.

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63

USA Today Claudia Puig

An insightful, sharply written and unsettlingly amusing exploration of the darker elements of masculinity.

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60

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

In his directorial debut, Krasinski doesn't seem to believe in his hideous men so much as he appears intimidated by them.

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50

Los Angeles Times Michael Ordona

The film is intelligent, well crafted and often funny, but it may not sufficiently reward even the brief time it asks one to spend with such hideous men.

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50

Boston Globe Wesley Morris

If we learn nothing else about Krasinski as a filmmaker, it’s that he thinks more is more.

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50

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

What this arid and arty exercise offers is the opportunity for a bunch of actors, many of them tethered to TV series, to deliver theatrical monologues pulsing with misogyny and narcissism. It's like second-rate Neil Labute.

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50

New York Magazine David Edelstein

Works only in spurts.

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50

New York Post Kyle Smith

A blast from the 1980s, when the idea that men were essentially rapists and women rapees was a popular way to score chicks on campus.

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40

Austin Chronicle Kimberley Jones

They’re not all hideous, the men who sit for interviews with a graduate student (Nicholson) and unload their dirty laundry. Sometimes they’re just feckless, or crass; some are even pitiable.

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40

NPR Ian Buckwalter

Faced with the unenviable choice between honoring his daunting inspiration and telling his own story, the director shoots straight down the middle -- and misses both targets.

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40

The New York Times Stephen Holden

Compacted into an 80-minute mishmash of interviews, confessions and sketches, melded into a shaky mosaic, the answers from a cross section of men are shallow, self-serving and ultimately unenlightening.

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40

Variety Todd McCarthy

It's a very academic movie about academics that belongs in academia, not movie theaters.

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40

Time Out New York David Fear

The question is, could someone turn these full-frontal-dudity snapshots into a satisfying, cohesive movie? Answer: no, but not for lack of trying.

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20

Village Voice Chuck Wilson

As a film, Brief Interviews With Hideous Men is a disaster.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 7.2 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes

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