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67 out of 100

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4.6 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 8 Ratings

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  • Starring: Julia Stiles, Stockard Channing
  • Summary: A drama about a corporate climber (Channing) and her new assistant (Stiles) - stuck overnight in an airport hotel, locked in a subtle game of control and manipulation. (IFC Films)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 30
  3. Negative: 0 out of 30
  1. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    90
    A maliciously funny and keenly observant movie -- director-writer Patrick Stettner makes a potent feature debut -- that serves its humor dark and without artificial sweeteners.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    88
    I'm not generally a huge fan of movies with two-or three-person casts -- they tend to resemble filmed plays -- but The Business of Strangers is a knockout.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jessica Winter
    60
    The Business of Strangers goes too far in dramatizing Julie's primal, Paula-fied surge of female fury, and the script finally mistakes respectful ambiguity for vaporous drift.

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  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 3 out of 4

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