The Business of Strangers
by Patrick Stettner
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Actor: Frederick Weller, Jack Hallett, Julia Stiles, Mary Testa, Stockard ChanningDirector: Patrick Stettner
Brand: TCFHE/MGM
Cinematographer: Teodoro Maniaci
Writer: Patrick Stettner
Editor: Keiko Deguchi
Producer: David Siegel
Producer: Derrick Tseng
Producer: Ramsey Fong
Producer: Robert H. Nathan
Producer: Scott McGehee
Producer: Susan A. Stover
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 84 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-08-06
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of The Business of Strangers
Movie Review: Harsh Biting review of Women in Business
Summary: 5 Stars
The movie is a portrait of two women who embrace their masculinity in order to make it in a man's world, business. At least that is how I see the movie. The two women meet, when Stockard Channing's character has the one up position over Julia Stiles's character. As the movie progresses, the two women try to achieve a balance of power between each other but their inability to trust gets in the way. It is a sad movie in that the women can't really seem to bond as you wish they could. Stiles's character keeps pushing the enevelope seeing how far she can go with Channing. Channing bites the hook for awhile and releases some powerful anger on another male character, who in my eyes seems purely an innocent bystander to these two women's agendas. The ending is strange and thought provoking. This masculine world in which these two women occupy, is it worth it? What about Stiles character, we see the picture she took of herself, doesn't it look lost and alone? Didn't Stiles say she didn't have any friends? Didn't Stiles character act oddly when she was making out with that guy from the bar? It makes you wonder if men have played the upper hand with her as of course they had with Channing's character. In business, you have to take alot of s@@@ from men. I know I've been there, no offense to all the men who read this. To me this movie shows lonliness, isolation, remember the scene of Channing talking to her therapist on the phone. No time to actually be face to face. How sad! The movie shows metal,technology and bright glaring light as a symbol for this artificial happiness and aloneness. The women can't really be friends because of their life choices. Stiles leaves Channing with a memento of their night together and it seems touching in a way, at least to Channing, she doesn't seem offended. To those planning to see the movie, it has some intense scenes, the violence is not bloody but it is violence none the less. Those who like a happy upbeat film, this is definately not for you. It is dark and sadly touching. I got alot from the film. I am still thinking about it, I feel sad for the loss of feminism that takes place in the cold hard heart of business in the city. Time to watch some Ally McBeal. Lisa Nary
Summary of The Business of Strangers
Oscar® nominee* Stockard Channing ("The West Wing") gives "the finest performance of hercareer" and Julia Stiles (Save the Last Dance) "is arrestingly and provocatively ambiguous" (The San Francisco Examiner) in a film critics are calling "riveting" (The Detroit News), "spring-taut" (Chicago Tribune) and "a pleasure to watch" (The Washington Post)! Two women on different rungs of the same corporate ladder meet on a business trip and swap stories over drinks. And after Paula (Stiles) intimates to Julie (Channing) that she'd been accosted by a mutual acquaintance, Nick (Frederick Weller), she enlists Julie's help in a revenge scheme against him. But as their plotting turns from cruel to criminal, Julie begins to wonder if she knows thewhole story behind Paula's malice or if Nick is even her true target. *1993: Actress, Six Degrees of SeparationA rich character study fueled by two superb performances, The Business of Strangers turns feminism on its side with a spontaneous battle of wills. Traveling executive Julie (Stockard Channing) has just received a lofty promotion, but an airport delay leaves only her hard-edged new assistant Paula (Julia Stiles) to celebrate with. When a corporate recruiter (Frederick Weller) becomes the unwitting victim of their drunken power play, these women forge a competitive bond that veers toward volatile melodrama. But first-time director Patrick Stettner is more interested in how these strong but vulnerable women assess each other, revealing secrets, lies, and emotional wounds as they find an outlet for pent-up aggressions. Channing and Stiles are perfectly matched as savvy combatants, and while the film's ambiguity may puzzle some viewers, it's just as likely to provoke fascinating speculation about these memorable characters and their unsettling willingness to engage in a psychological duel. --Jeff Shannon
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