Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (Blu-ray) R
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 20 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: March 16, 2010
- Originally Released: 2009
- Label: IFC Independent Film
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Julianne Nicholson | |
Performer: | Rashida Jones | |
Featured: | Will Arnett, Bobby Cannavale, Josh Charles, Dominic Cooper, Frankie Faison, Will Forte, Benjamin Gibbard, Timothy Hutton, John Krasinski, Christopher Meloni, Chris Messina, Max Minghella, Denis O'Hare, Lou Taylor Pucci & Ben Shenkman | |
Directed by | John Krasinski | |
Screenwriting by | John Krasinski | |
Director of Photography: | John Bailey |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 4/10 --
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.
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NPR
Tthough this experiment doesn't quite succeed, there's enough intelligence and insight in this movie to make it worth the attempt.
At the Movies
Rating: 3/5 --
Intense look at gender and relationships is best for adults.
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Common Sense Media
[Brief Interviews] is within the limits of the medium, a rigorous record of the process of thought.
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Stop Smiling
John Krasinski takes a distinct, deliberate step away from romantic comedies for a darkly comic look at human interaction.
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Moving Pictures Magazine
Rating: 3/5 --
Actor John Krasinski deserves credit for having the ambition to adapt material as difficult as David Foster Wallace's short stories.
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New York Daily News
Rating: 2.5/4 --
The urgency of the tales gets lost along the way, weighed down by staginess and an inconsistent tone, although Krasinski's ambition suggests a noble failure.
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Spin
Product Description:
Proving that he's more than just a pretty, funny face, THE OFFICE's John Krasinski gets credit as writer and director in this adaptation of a David Foster Wallace novel. Julianne Nicholson (LAW & ORDER: SVU) stars as Sara Quinn, an anthropology grad student who attempts to dissect a recent breakip with her knowledge of human behavior and interviews with a number of men. BRIEF INTERVIEWS WITH HIDEOUS MEN also stars Bobby Cannavale, Josh Charles, Deathcab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard, Christopher Meloni, and Timothy Hutton.