The Company Men Reviews

Even though it is a rather obscure feature, since there was a nice cast, I was still eager to check it out. Eventually, I thought it was a fairly realistic and interesting film dealing with the current economic crisis but, to be honest, I thought the whole thing was actually quite depressing. Probably, it had to with the fact that I was myself fired about a year ago (in fact, not even because of the crisis but that's another story) and like the guys in this movie, without a real warning, they gave me 4 months of full salary before showing me the door. With a chronicly sick wife at home, I didn't wait for something great to come out like Ben Affleck's character, within a few days, I managed to find something for much less money, kept endlessly looking for something better and after 6 months of stress and anxiety, I finally managed to find a really good job, with the same salary I used to have and I have been working there happily ever since. So, the whole thing came pretty close to me so I had a hard time to enjoy this movie. On top of that, it was another example of how capitalism, especially in the USA, is such an unhealthy way of making a living and actually an unhealthy way of living at all. I mean, there is obviously some wealth, some talented people, some good products and services to sell and, yet, they stubbornly focus on the short term targets, making some insane amount of money, and the waste as a result is just gigantic. So, all these ideas were actually pretty well developed here but it was just quite depressing to get a reminder and, on top of that, the upbeat ending didn’t match the rest of the movie and it felt like something coming from a fairy tale. Still, in spite of its flaws, it was a decent watch and it is definitely worth a look.

Compelling story about corporate downsizing in order to eke that much more out of the bottom line. A good cast with good performances makes this watchable, but I was a little disappointed with the ending.

رجال الشركة (دراما) (الولايات المتحدة، المملكة المتحدة: 2010) (2: 5)

الملخص: بوبي واكر (بن أفليك) يملك بيت كبير , وسيارة بورش جديدة , وزوجة جميلة، وطفلان ولعان. عندما يغادر عمله، عادة يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَكُونَ عادة موَجودَ على ملعبِ الغولف، يُتقنُ لعبتَه أَو يمسك صفقةَ عملِ مهمةِ. لكن عندما الفأسَ سْقطُت، بوبي وزملائه فِل (كرس كوبير) وجين (تومي لي جونز) وجِدُوا رِقابَهم مقطوعة.



وكي لا يغرق بالديون، يَذْهبُ بوبي للعمل كنجار مع نسيبِه (كيفين كوستنير). لكن عمله هذا يختلف عن غرف الاجتماعات والمكاتب الفخمة، ويبدأ بالتساؤل هل سَيَذُوقُ طعم النجاحَ ثانيةً، ويُدركُ بأنّ الازدهار الحقيقيِ لا يأتي على شكلِ صك، ولكن من خلال رضا عائلتَه ودعمها له.

النقد: فيلم متوسط الجودة، لا يجترح جديدا في معالجته الدرامية، بل كثيرا ما يبدو مملا ومنفرا بسبب سقم وكآبة السيناريو، الذي لم يشفع له كم الممثلين الجيدين المتواجدين. اخرج الفيلم وكتب السيناريو المنتج (جون ويلز: 55 سنة) في اول تجاربه الاخراجية، ما يؤكد حقيقة عدم إلمامه بأدواته الصورية، لذا فقد ظهر الفيلم فقيرا بلا أي طعم.