| The Business of Strangers Review |
| by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 2/4) |
| Directed by Patrick Stettner, from his screenplay. Starring Stockard
Channing, Julia Stiles, Frederick Weller. Running time: 84 minutes. Rated
AA for offensive language by the MFCB. Reviewed on April 7th, 2002. more |
| The Business of Strangers Review |
| by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 2/4) |
| Holed up in an imposing glass and steel airport hotel on a layover,
corporate executive Julie Styron (Stockard Channing) waits to learn her fate. more |
| The Business of Strangers Review |
| by Frank Ochieng (Rating: 4/5) |
| Never mind the recession, business seems to be booming in the unctuous
corporate world of The Business of Strangers. This sharp-minded and
crafty estrogen-driven character study about power plays and complex
mind games is the feature debut from...more |
| The Business of Strangers Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten
IFC Films/ i5 Films
Director: Patrick Stettner
Writer: Patrick Stettner
Cast: Stockard Channing, Julia Stiles, Fred Weller, Mary Testa,
Jack Hallett, Marcus Giamatti, Buddy Fitzpatrick, Salem Ludwig,
Shelagh Ratner more |
| The Business of Strangers Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| As two women are prone to do when spending time together in intimate places like
a hotel sauna, the talk will turn to that favorite movie topic -- their "first
time." Julie Styron (Stockard Channing), a type-A, older executive, confesses
to Paula Murphy...more |
| The Business of Strangers Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 7/10) |
| Every film-festival blurb I've seen for The Business of Strangers hails the
picture as a female version of Neil LaBute's In the Company of Men, which
kind of sucks because, if you've seen that film, you'll have a pretty good
idea how the twist at the end...more |
