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In the Company of Men (1997)
Rate:
3
Viewed:
5/25
5/25:
According to IMDb, "Aaron Eckhart said in a podcast that after he went to see the film in theaters, an
angry woman came up to him and slapped him across the face saying: 'I hate you!' Eckhart tried to reaffirm
that it was his character that she hated but she replied with 'No! I hate YOU!'"
You go, girl. I had never heard of In the Company of Men until now and was like, "No wonder why," ten
minutes into it. What the fuck were these critics thinking when they praised the film? They must have a lot
in common with Chad and Howard. There's something wrong with the director by the name of Neil LaBute. The
movie wasn't funny at all. Why specifically a deaf woman when a hearing woman would do?
Either way, Stacy Edwards gives a weak performance. At the minimum, she plays a character who happens to be
hearing impaired, but there's absolutely no way she's deaf. Howard rates '7' or '8' on a scale of '1' to '10'
in terms of lip-readability with '10' being the easiest while Chad is a definite '1'. When Christine speaks,
it's not an authentic deaf voice. Neil LaBute could've gotten a truly deaf woman to play the heck out of the
part, but he's too much of a pussy only because of the hateful nature of his poorly written play.
For a bit while, I thought Howard had some potential for redemption, but when he had a chat with Christine in
the car, that completely went away for good. So, who cares about him? He's a loser follower. As
for Chad, he has that frat-boy mentality and probably raped a few drunk girls during college. Early on, I
thought he had to be having sex with hookers while seeing Christine, and technically, I turned out to be correct
when the twist was revealed at the end. I also thought Chad had to be gay, and he just proved it by asking a
black male co-worker to show him his testicles. How wonderful...not.
All in all, there's no reason for In the Company of Men to exist.