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Details Rated: R; Genre: Drama; With: Amy Brenneman, Aaron Eckhart, Catherine Keener, Nastassja Kinski and Neil LaBute...

In Neil LaBute's bleak, scathing, and utterly compelling follow-up to In the Company of Men, a sextet of urban moderns — among them Catherine Keener, Ben Stiller, Jason Patric, and Amy Brenneman — turns sex into warfare. The action is circular, closed, and formally structured. But the rigor of LaBute's argument, the strength of the acting, and the bravado of the script powers his unnerving psychological study to its mesmerizingly miserable conclusion. Self-help tip: Don't see this on a date. A-

Originally posted Sep 04, 1998 Published in issue #448 Sep 04, 1998 Order article reprints
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