Management

May. 15,2009      R
Rating:
5.8
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A traveling art saleswoman tries to shake off a flaky motel manager who falls for her and won't leave her alone.

Jennifer Aniston as  Sue Claussen
Steve Zahn as  Mike
Woody Harrelson as  Jango
Fred Ward as  Jerry
Margo Martindale as  Trish
Kevin Heffernan as  Jed
Mark Boone Junior as  Jack
Katie O’Grady as  Corporate Bliss Receptionist

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Reviews

Karry
2009/05/15

Best movie of this year hands down!

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Teringer
2009/05/16

An Exercise In Nonsense

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Jonah Abbott
2009/05/17

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

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Raymond Sierra
2009/05/18

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

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Cara Aherne
2009/05/19

OK, so thinking this would be a funny rom com it turned out to be a little more boring than what I expected, slow moving as I watched the movie as harmless as it was I couldn't help but think to myself if I turn this movie off right now I really wouldn't care and it wouldn't affect me. Therefore, this goes to show that the movie lacked drive and passion, it didn't upset me, it didn't enlighten me, therefore it did very little for me, It was OK but an hour and a half of OK is not good enough, I wouldn't bother if I were you as it is more miss than hit and its just one of those films that is instantly forgettable really. Aniston was the best thing about this movie as she is typecast for this role but if you liker her work its nothing that you haven't seen before, pretty singleton, sweet and lost in love you know the drill by now.

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jotix100
2009/05/20

Mike, the night manager of his parent's Arizona motel, is a loner; he has no life. When we meet him he is living in one of the upstairs room of the complex. Mike suddenly awakens to show emotion, when Sue Classens, a sales rep for motel art work, stops at the inn. She is seen to Mike as a pleasant distraction. The first night he knocks on her door to offer a complimentary bottle of wine, something that puzzles Sue. What does he really want, she wonders. On her second night, he offers her a bottle of champagne. If Sue had doubts about the intentions of this man, she counteracts with her own proposal: Would he like to touch her butt? It is an offer no man could refuse.Sue, in turn, finds herself in a quandary. She is based in Baltimore. She is probably a girl with low self esteem who finds it is safe having sex with Mike on the day she was departing, but little did she think of the consequences of her actions. Mike is smitten. He has to go see her, and if possible stay with her. Sue is not exactly happy to see Mike come back into her life, so she sends him packing back to Arizona. Mike does not give up. When he finds out she has moved to Washington state, he makes it his priority. Unfortunately, Sue has gone back to her ex-punk boyfriend, now a businessman with a yogurt business. Will Mike impress Sue? This is an indie film that came as a surprise when it turned up on a cable channel. Not having seen it, we decided to take a look. Directed and written by Stephen Belber, the film has a combination of styles, but it pays off because it does not pretends to be anything but a small film. The success of "Management" depended heavily on its star, Jennifer Aniston, an underrated actress whose choices always tend to be big studio features which only requires her to be pretty. As she clearly showed in "The Good Girl", it pays to have a good director behind her whom she trusts totally. This is not exactly what one would expect to be one of her first choices, but playing it subtly, Ms. Aniston's work seems to be the best excuse to watch "Management".A tamed Steve Zahn plays Mike with a new perspective, something that pays off for him. The combination of this actor and Ms. Aniston pays in sweet ways. Woody Harrelson does another of his specialties with his Jango, although he is seen briefly. The wonderful Margo Martindale, appears as Mike's mother, but her screen time is only limited. The same goes for Fred Ward, the enigmatic father. Director Stephen Belber does a fine job in his film debut.

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Miss Naughtia
2009/05/21

I would not categorize this movie as a comedy, it is more like a drama than anything else.Jennifer Aniston plays the part of an art saleswoman who travels to a small town to sell art to an office. She checks in to a local motel and meets an employee of the motel. This employee is the son of the motel-owner and he immediately falls in love with this attractive lady. He follows her around and won't leave her alone.This movie was easy to watch and I'm sorry to say that I found it a bit boring. It never had any wow-moments and I didn't even know when the climax of the movie was. The best thing about this movie was the beautiful Miss Jennifer Aniston.

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Argemaluco
2009/05/22

In one of her occasional appearances in the "indie" cinema in order to show us she is an also "serious" actress, Jennifer Aniston made an efficient job in the entertaining romantic comedy Management.And another reason I liked her appearance in here is that she will luckily attract more people to this movie and, specifically, to its real star: Steve Zahn.This solid comedian has been wasted on various occasions (Daddy Day Care and National Security are the clearest examples), and we have rarely seen him as a main actor.And Management is a good sample of what Zahn is capable of, thanks to the credibility and enthusiasm he brings to the role.On the beginning, I could not swallow the screenplay of Management very much, because besides of its rancid premise, it shows one of the worst clichés from romantic comedies: a cute woman who is attracted by the "loser" with doubtful attributes and little future.However, after that weak beginning, the film improves pretty much, because the romantic aspect becomes into a necessary catalyst which impulses something much more interesting: the emotional evolution from Zahn's character in order to escape from his comfortable nest and face the freedom and responsibilities from adult life.That is not a very original subject, but it was enough to bring substance to the laughs provoked by the dialogs and the interaction between the characters.As I mentioned, Zahn and Aniston bring good performances; as for her, I think her work in here does not equal the one she made in The Good Girl, but it is hugely better than the one she made in tedious mainstream films like The Bounty Hunter, Rumor Has It and Along Came Polly.I also liked the performances from Margo Martindale and the great Fred Ward; I only wish they had more screen-time.And Woody Harrelson brings realism and conviction to his extreme character, avoiding him to become into a simple caricature of a psychotic personality.In summary, Management may not be a great movie, and it is not very memorable.However, despite its fails, I had a good time watching it, and I think that it deserves a recommendation because of that.

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