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.
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- 4 premios ganados y 6 nominaciones en total
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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.
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.
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.
¿Sabías que…?
- ErroresWhen 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"
- Citas
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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Detalles
- Fecha de lanzamiento
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- Sitio oficial
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- Oscuros negocios
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Taquilla
- 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
- Tiempo de ejecución1 hora 24 minutos
- Mezcla de sonido
- Relación de aspecto
- 1.85 : 1