Rotten
The movie is weighted down with an excess of plot points that fail to coalesce.
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
People I Know
He thought he'd seen it all... until the night he saw too much.
2002 · 1h 40m · R
Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Daniel Algrant
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People I Know
Overview
A New York press agent must scramble when his major client becomes embroiled in a huge scandal.
Director and cast
- Daniel Algrant Director
- Al Pacino as Eli Wurman
- Kim Basinger as Victoria Gray
- Ryan O'Neal as Cary Launer
- Téa Leoni as Jilli Hopper
- Richard Schiff as Elliot Sharansky
- Bill Nunn as The Reverend Lyle Blunt
- Robert Klein as Dr. Sandy Napier
- Mark Webber as Ross
- Eldon Bullock as Washroom Attendant
- Regis Philbin as Himself
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
44%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Watchable but dramatically scattered.
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
Rotten
Dropped into this ocean of bathos, even Al can't tread water -- at that precise moment, he and his performance drown.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Fresh
Trashy and lurid as this movie is, it's certainly not boring, and it keeps its star in hog heaven throughout.
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
Al Pacino gives a career-crowning performance under Dan Algrant's perceptive direction.
Jan Stuart, Newsday
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