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  • 2001
  • PG-13
  • Paramount Classics
  • 1 h 22 m
  • 2001
  • PG-13
  • Paramount Classics
  • 1 h 22 m

Summary A satirical romp set in the early sixties, Company Man is the story of a nerdy Connecticut grammar school teacher who stumbles into becoming a legendary international spy hero in an effort to avoid his nagging wife. (Paramount Pictures)

Directed By: Peter Askin, Douglas McGrath

Written By: Peter Askin, Douglas McGrath

  • 2001
  • PG-13
  • Paramount Classics
  • 1 h 22 m
  • 2001
  • PG-13
  • Paramount Classics
  • 1 h 22 m

Company Man

Metascore Overwhelming Dislike Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable
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Summary A satirical romp set in the early sixties, Company Man is the story of a nerdy Connecticut grammar school teacher who stumbles into becoming a legendary international spy hero in an effort to avoid his nagging wife. (Paramount Pictures)

Directed By: Peter Askin, Douglas McGrath

Written By: Peter Askin, Douglas McGrath

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Metascore
Overwhelming Dislike Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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5% Positive
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10% Mixed
2 Reviews
86% Negative
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Metascore
Overwhelming Dislike Based on 21 Critic Reviews
18
5% Positive
1 Review
10% Mixed
2 Reviews
86% Negative
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75
At its best, Company Man hums from one piece to the next, a harmless, good-natured, often silly spoof with a few cutting barbs and a comic showman's love of the well-executed gag.
By Sean Axmaker FULL REVIEW
38
A painfully flat spoof of the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
30
Little more than a loose- jointed succession of goofy "Saturday Night Live"-style sketches and sight gags inspired by an actual event that is nearly half a century behind us.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
25
The political movie satire from hell.
By Michael Wilmington FULL REVIEW
20
The unfunniest comedy I can recall seeing in ages.
By Jonathan Rosenbaum FULL REVIEW
12
It's an arch, awkward, ill-timed, forced political comedy set in 1959 and seemingly stranded there.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
0
Deadly dull tripe.
By Marc Savlov FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Film Foundry Partners, GreeneStreet Films, Intermedia Films, SKE Films, Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC), Wind Dancer Productions
Release Date Feb 16, 2001
Duration 1 h 22 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline One part Inspector Clouseau, one part Mr. Bean, no parts James Bond...
Website https://mt2.org/uyeler/company-man.15678/
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