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Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee Movie Critic
Stockard Channing has been flirting with full-fledged movie stardom ever since she came on the scene, but for some reason, it's always eluded her -- until now. This sensational actress gets her breakthrough role -- belatedly -- as an edgy corporate shark in "The Business of Strangers," and she tears into the part as if it were a raw slab of meat. Watching Channing dominate this film almost effortlessly, you wonder what took so long. ...
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
"The Business of Strangers" starts as a merciless dissection of a high-powered business executive, turns into a confrontation between two styles of being a tough woman, and ends as an upmarket version of a Pam Grier revenge melodrama. It keeps you watching. ...
Glenn Whipp
L.A. Daily News
To his credit, Stettner doesn't have any political agenda here; "Strangers" doesn't shy away from sexual politics, but it keeps the sermonizing at bay. The movie has a fair amount of black humor, and the brutality of its last act is carried off in a surreal, dream-like manner that serves as a potent culmination to Julie's flight to self-awareness. ...
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune
In Patrick Stettner's "The Business of Strangers," two women get into a power tangle with strong sexual undertones, with a painfully representative man serving as game pawn. The "fun" is watching them make their moves. ...
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The Business of Strangers
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(2001)
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Overview:
Julie Styron (Stockard Channing) thinks she is going to be fired, but instead discovers that she is being promoted to CEO. Trapped in an airport hotel, she wants to celebrate but finds only the company of her young assistant, Paula Murphy (Julia Stiles). As the night progresses, the two women get to know each other. They flirt, they drink, they lie; personal flaws are revealed and exposed. But at the end of the night their relationship turns and becomes a complex battle of power, authority, and wit.
Starring:
Stockard Channing, Julia Stiles, Frederick Weller, Mary Testa, Jack Hallett and Marcus Giamatti
Directed by:
Patrick Stettner
Written by:
Patrick Stettner
Cinematographer:
Teodoro Maniaci
Composer:
Alexander Lasarenko
Studio:
IFC Films
Release Date:
Dec. 14, 2001
MPAA Rating:
(R) - for strong language and some sexuality
Running Time:
84 minutes
Websites:
Official Site
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