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The Business of Strangers

  • 2001
  • R
  • 1h 24min
CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
6.3/10
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The Business of Strangers (2001)
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Agrega una trama en tu idiomaTwo businesswomen bond and reveal their inner natures while getting carried away on a revenge attack against an accused rapist.Two businesswomen bond and reveal their inner natures while getting carried away on a revenge attack against an accused rapist.Two businesswomen bond and reveal their inner natures while getting carried away on a revenge attack against an accused rapist.

  • Dirección
    • Patrick Stettner
  • Guionista
    • Patrick Stettner
  • Elenco
    • Stockard Channing
    • Julia Stiles
    • Frederick Weller
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  • CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
    6.3/10
    3.9 k
    TU CALIFICACIÓN
    • Dirección
      • Patrick Stettner
    • Guionista
      • Patrick Stettner
    • Elenco
      • Stockard Channing
      • Julia Stiles
      • Frederick Weller
    • 79Opiniones de los usuarios
    • 53Opiniones de los críticos
    • 67Metascore
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    • Premios
      • 4 premios ganados y 6 nominaciones en total

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    Stockard Channing
    Stockard Channing
    • Julie Styron
    Julia Stiles
    Julia Stiles
    • Paula Murphy
    Frederick Weller
    Frederick Weller
    • Nick Harris
    Mary Testa
    Mary Testa
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    Jack Hallett
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    kdufre00

    A small, but forceful, film that offers plenty of food for thought

    In "The Business of Strangers", Stockard Channing plays Julie Styron, a self-made business woman approaching middle age who is paired up with young tech assistant Paula Murphy (played by Julia Stiles) on a business trip. When Paula arrives late to a meeting due to a delayed flight, a distressed Julie has her fired on the spot. Later, after being promoted CEO of the company, Julie runs into Paula sitting alone in a bar, apologizes for her rash behavior and the two set out on a night of female bonding, power trips, revenge, mind games, and button pushing.

    This verbal film spends a considerable time exploring the stark contrasts between the two women. Paula is a hostile young woman who writes non-fiction about her life experiences, sports tattoos, experiments with bisexuality and self-mutilation, and has a fondness for hardcore pornography. Julie is career-driven to the point of isolation and is much softer and less confrontational than Paula. It is exactly through these contrasts that we see a complementary relationship emerge between these two characters. While Paula's brash confidence exposes Julie's insecurity and anxiety, Julie's worldliness and experience make Paula seem impetuous. As a result, a dynamic interplay and synergy come out from these exchanges.

    When a male associate of Julie's enters the plot, Paula ups the ante by revealing to Julie that he committed a rape at a frat party she attended in Boston years ago. From this point on, "The Business of Strangers" turns into a story of revenge and maintains a misanthropic and satirical tone. It is this tone that makes "The Business of Strangers" so much like Neil Labute's indie hit, "In the Company of Men", in the way that it explores power trips, mind games, one-upmanship, and competition. In this film, a woman's struggle within a male-dominated corporate world is also an theme that is covered.

    "The Business of Strangers" is not exactly an impressive film stylistically, but it more than makes up for this in its delicious dialogue which works two ways. It always keep the suspense going by teasing and daring the audience to guess what will happen next, only to foil any attempt to do so. Another thing the dialogue does is establish the characters' personalities by shedding light on their life histories and motives. Channing and Stiles fill both their roles to perfection and play off each other extremely well. Channing is up to task with her most interesting role since "Six Degrees of Separation" nearly ten years ago. Every look and gesture serves to imply the world-weariness and jaded vulnerability that Julie inhabits. Stiles, is no less impressive as the more provocative of the two women. Apart from seeing a few random scenes from "10 Things I Hate About You", I have never seen her act before, but her dynamic performance here has me intrigued. Both Channing and Stiles are deserving of Oscar nominations, but will most likely be overlooked since "The Business of Strangers" is a low budget indie film. While the 85-minute running time is slight, this movie will keep you engaged in thought as well as entertained.
    stagesiren1

    Could have been an interestng film.

    This could have been a very interesting film. Stockard Channing turns in her usual phenomenal performance, but even her formidable skills can't save this one. It begins as a fascinating character study of a woman at the top (Channing) with very little to show for it, and had it remained Channing's story, it might have worked. However, the very forced introduction of a vaguely threatening younger woman takes the script into an plot filled with implausible choices and sometimes laughable dialogue - at the very moments when it should be most dramatic. This film could have seethed with undercurrents and subtle sexual tension. Instead, we're hit over the head repeatedly with "tension" so overt it renders any chemistry between the two actresses absolutely lifeless. Too bad - this film could've had a good thing going.
    8Alan-40

    Would have liked to see more but that probably would have ruined it

    Paula hates men, and has learned to use her sexual attractiveness as a weapon against them. It's made obvious the way she likes to taunt them in the elevator, the dance floor. Making out in the hallway just enough to get him turned on, then kick him away. Throwing their lame smalltalk back in their face. (At the end of the movie I asked my SO why she "did it" and the answer was "because she can." I got it right.)

    Paula is a constant, but what about Julie? Together but brittle, Paula boils things to the surface of Julie that otherwise would not have come to light without sufficient heat. This movie keeps you watching, and you can't help but question whether the characters and fallen "out of character" or not. But that's the whole point.

    You keep watching because you want to see where it goes. Over the edge, or reel back to safety?

    Actors aside, the background is perfect, as anyone who has spent any amount of time on business trips knows.

    Eight stars.
    sm4256

    A Hidden Treasure

    Call it an art film. Call it low-budget. Call it limited-release. But it's a lot more entertaining and intelligent than 95 percent of what Hollywood produces these days. (I know this was filmed primarily in New Jersey, but you know where I'm coming from.)

    The psychological and physical tension between the two leading characters (Channing and Stiles) really makes this film. There's a lot to think about here, including the price to be paid for corporate success and how trust often ends up being the world's most valuable commodity.

    Anyone who's ever reached the top of the corporate ladder and then found themselves to tired to enjoy it will appreciate Channing's performance. She's a perfect fit for this role, strong and confident on one hand but insecure and a tad lonely on the other.

    It seems strange to say it, but I really liked something about how the culture of business travel was illustrated in the movie -- hotel bars, shuttle buses, cell phones, neatly-organized suitcases, lounges, alarm clocks. Maybe these characters simply have more impact in such an artificial environment.

    A solid 8 1/2 out of 10.
    ruttishh

    Enigmatic and unpredictable

    Four words, this movie is amazing. I haven't seen Stockard Channing this good since Six Degrees of Separation. This is definitely her best performance to date. Julia Stiles was superb. I haven't walked out of a theater this pleased in ages. Although I have been a fan of Stockard since Grease, my real delight was the script. This is great writing. It's enigmatic and unpredictable, funny yet compelling. I tip my hat to Patrick Stettner. Who needs special effects, long months of filming and huge budgets, when you have such wonderful script and great acting. All shot in 23 days.

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      When the three are in the hotel room together, it is obviously dark outside and the time is even stated at being "midnight". However, when the television is turned on, the news channel is running live stock quotes (something that would only happen during the day) and the time on the television reads "1:30PM"
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      Julie: I've just been made Chief Executive Officer.

      Nick: No shit. Congrats. Hey, we can leverage this for that Pacific Net job.

      Julie: I thought you said they were about to go belly-up.

      Nick: With all due respect, I wasn't talking to CEO material before.

      Julie: Listen, I was a bit harsh on you before...let me buy you a drink.

      Paula: OK.

      [to waiter]

      Paula: Martell XO supreme.

      Waiter: That's twenty dollars a glass.

      Paula: I'll have a double.

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      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Behind Enemy Lines/Spy Game/Black Knight/The Affair of the Necklace/The Independent/Fat Girl (2001)

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    • Fecha de lanzamiento
      • 21 de diciembre de 2001 (Estados Unidos)
    • País de origen
      • Estados Unidos
    • Sitio oficial
      • MGM
    • Idioma
      • Inglés
    • También se conoce como
      • Oscuros negocios
    • Locaciones de filmación
      • JFK International Airport, Jamaica, Queens, Nueva York, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
    • Productoras
      • Headquarters (III)
      • i5 Films
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    • Total en EE. UU. y Canadá
      • USD 1,030,920
    • Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
      • USD 71,821
      • 9 dic 2001
    • Total a nivel mundial
      • USD 1,287,598
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    • Tiempo de ejecución
      1 hora 24 minutos
    • Mezcla de sonido
      • Dolby Digital
    • Relación de aspecto
      • 1.85 : 1

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