{"id":14467,"date":"2011-02-23T23:31:17","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T21:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=14467"},"modified":"2011-02-23T23:31:17","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T21:31:17","slug":"the-company-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/02\/23\/the-company-men\/","title":{"rendered":"The Company Men"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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I have recently seen an excellent corporate drama – “The Company Men<\/a>“. \u00a0It’s not your average office romance or Wall Street con action. \u00a0It is a film about people. \u00a0People, who find themselves in the middle of crashing economy, like we experience now. \u00a0And even though people in this film are a bit richer than average, they are still deeply affected.<\/p>\n

In the beginning, I was a bit\u00a0skeptical. \u00a0I thought, it’s the poor people who suffer the most and who deserve the most attention. \u00a0But soon I discovered that I was wrong. \u00a0Not wrong maybe, but inaccurate. \u00a0It is true that poor people are affected the most. \u00a0But if you think about it for a moment – each and every one of us has a certain level of life, certain things that he values, certain wants and needs, certain little things. \u00a0And when outside circumstances make you lose those things that you enjoy and value so much, you do feel depressed, disoriented, confused, and sometimes angry. \u00a0And it doesn’t matter what those little things are – an extra pint of beer with friends, furniture in your house, or private jet flights.<\/p>\n

One other important topic this film brings up is mutual respect and kindness. \u00a0Certain types of connections are well exposed and explained. \u00a0Support for local workforce, ethical business practices, corporate goals beyond pure financial benefits, are just some of the topics of this film.<\/p>\n

What I particularly enjoyed, was how light the film felt despite all seriousness. \u00a0I think a lot of it was due to brilliant cast and good acting. \u00a0Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Costner – all make this movie so much better.<\/p>\n

Overall, while this film doesn’t necessarily fit into my definition of masterpiece, I really enjoyed it and catch myself thinking a lot about it. \u00a0That, in my book, is worth a 5 out of 5<\/strong> rating. \u00a0Strongly recommended.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

I have recently seen an excellent corporate drama – “The Company Men“. \u00a0It’s not your average office romance or Wall Street con action. \u00a0It is a film about people. \u00a0People, who find themselves in the middle of crashing economy, like we experience now. \u00a0And even though people in this film are a bit richer than … Continue reading The Company Men<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1708,1,24,2478],"tags":[1404,1446,2774,2776,2775,2772,1418,2773,1374],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-14467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-5-stars","category-general","category-movies","category-movie-reviews","tag-ben-affleck","tag-chris-cooper","tag-craig-mathers","tag-craig-t-nelson","tag-gary-galone","tag-john-wells","tag-kevin-costner","tag-thomas-kee","tag-tommy-lee-jones"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t