Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
2.5/4
Dull Company
SIngli6 - wrote on 05/03/2013
Seeking to combine a chase movie with a detective story, the film is bogged down by superfluous characters, caricatured villains, and a third-act that feels more like a soap-opera than a suspense picture. I wouldn’t go so far as to say the film has a bad script, but it does have a clunky one. What makes this even more egregious is that ‘Company’ is filled to the brim with great veteran actors such as Stanley Tucci, Richard Jenkins, Julie Christie, and Susan Surandon, which in this context almost feels like the producers have less than negative faith in the script.
I don’t want to make out that this was a bad film, though. In its own unambitious and minor way, it’s reasonably entertaining. It could be argued that the actors alone are worth the price of admission. But I can …
Rating of
2.5/4
The Company You Keep
lastonetoleave - wrote on 04/27/2013
The Company You Keep (2013) Decades ago a radical student terrorist group named, “The Weather Underground,” set off bombs and robbed banks to try and force the American government to end the war in Vietnam. Some of the terrorists were caught, but others are still on the run. Now, a newspaper reporter (Shia LaBeouf) begins digging up the story after one of “The Weather Underground” members is caught. By the time the reporter is finished, a number of lives will have changed. I generally like Redford's films, but I felt almost as if the amount of stars in this film, such as Anna Kendrick, who plays an FBI agent, was a little like stunt casting, making it sort of a lets see how many stars want to work for Redford, and therefore prop up a script that has huge holes in it. The film …
