Rotten
Faced with the unenviable choice between honoring his daunting inspiration and telling his own story, the director shoots straight down the middle -- and misses both targets.
Ian Buckwalter, NPR
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
2009 · 1h 20m · NOT RATED
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
John Krasinski
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Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Overview
After her boyfriend mysteriously leaves her with little explanation, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at a prestigious East Coast university is left looking for answers as to what went wrong.
Director and cast
- John Krasinski Director
- Julianne Nicholson as Sara Quinn
- Will Arnett as Subject #11
- Bobby Cannavale as Subject #40
- Michael Cerveris as Subject #15
- Josh Charles as Subject #2
- Dominic Cooper as Daniel / Subject #46
- Frankie Faison as Subject #42
- Will Forte as Subject #72
- Benjamin Gibbard as Harry / Subject #20
- Malcolm Goodwin Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
41%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Offers is the opportunity for a bunch of actors, many of them tethered to TV series, to deliver theatrical monologues pulsing with misogyny and narcissism. It's like second-rate Neil Labute.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten
I worry that this film is static enough and stiff enough that it's going to keep people away from discovering David Foster Wallace if they haven't read him.
Michael Phillips, At the Movies
Fresh
Tthough this experiment doesn't quite succeed, there's enough intelligence and insight in this movie to make it worth the attempt.
A.O. Scott, At the Movies
Rotten
[Krasinski's] generosity of intent is really the main impression that remains. He read, he loved, and unfortunately, he did not conquer.
Mary F. Pols, TIME Magazine
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