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Janet Maslin, New York Times: LaBute directs this low-budget film with such spareness and precision, using such minimal yet effective backdrops, that in retrospect his color film almost seems to have been in black and white. Its ideas are that stark. Read more
David Edelstein, Slate: A dazzling, repellent exercise in which the case against men is closed before it's opened. Read more
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: Prepare for the conversation to grow heated. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: The strength of LaBute's conception every step of the way is in forcing the issue of where we belong in this picture -- with Chad, with Howard, or with Christine. Read more
Jeff Giles, Newsweek: LaBute, a playwright and former drama teacher, has succeeded in creating a study of banal, everyday evil. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: One of those rarest of rare breeds -- a movie that doesn't just ignore Hollywood conventions, but openly flouts them. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The kind of bold, uncompromising film that insists on being thought about afterward -- talked about, argued about, hated if necessary, but not ignored. Read more
Charles Taylor, Salon.com: In the Company of Men is a singularly unpleasant movie. And from the point that Chad and Howard settle on Christine, it's an increasingly unbelievable one, too. Read more
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle: The three leads inhabit their roles in the way only unknown actors can. They really seem to become the characters they're playing. Read more
Dennis Harvey, Variety: A dark, probing, truly disturbing exploration of yuppie angst and male anxieties as they manifest themselves in both the work and personal arenas. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: This is a fully realized movie, whose intelligence -- despite its grim findings -- dwarfs any Hollywood production. It's a film to admire -- even if it leaves you cold. Read more