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- 1990
- PG-13
- Triumph Films
- 1 h 38 m
- 1990
- PG-13
- Triumph Films
- 1 h 38 m
Summary Two garbage men uncover a conspiracy involving illegal toxic waste dumping and decide to bring the whole operation down.
Directed By: Emilio Estevez
Written By: Emilio Estevez
- 1990
- PG-13
- Triumph Films
- 1 h 38 m
- 1990
- PG-13
- Triumph Films
- 1 h 38 m
Men at Work
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4.8
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Summary Two garbage men uncover a conspiracy involving illegal toxic waste dumping and decide to bring the whole operation down.
Directed By: Emilio Estevez
Written By: Emilio Estevez
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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14% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
29% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
57% Negative
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
34
14% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
29% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
57% Negative
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
With Men at Work actor-writer-director Emilio Estevez has turned out a pleasant, knockabout comedy for himself and brother Charlie Sheen. While it may not be the funniest picture you'll see all year, it is fresh, inventive and has very few moments when it's not generating laughs. [27 Aug 1990, p.F10]
The grotesque practical jokes perpetrated against two interfering bumblers are genuinely funny, while Estevez and Sheen remain cutely goofy even when indulging themselves in this adolescent idiocy.
Like the jokes, the brothers' rapport seems recycled from childhood. Sheen and Estevez are hardly working.
Estevez couldn't decide what he wanted: a doofus comedy, a serious political statement, a mystery, a Bowery Boys' knock-off. The result is sophomoric. [27 Aug 1990, p.5D]
A movie about a pair of garbagemen that falls into the general category of refuse. [28 Aug 1990, p.4C]
It's appropriate that Men at Work's writer, director and co-star, Emilio Estevez, has cast himself as a garbage collector. His new movie is trash. [25 Aug 1990, p.1D]
The absurdity of seeing these two young actors impersonating garbage men, combined with a script that's so clumsy it's remarkable, makes the first 10 minutes or so of Men at Work perversely entertaining. But the fun of laughing at the movie fades quickly. [25 Aug 1990, p.C3]
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