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Men at Work (1990)

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Reviews Counted:19

Fresh:6

Rotten:13

Average Rating:4.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Brat-pack auteur Emilio Estevez directs himself and his brother Charlie Sheen in this environmentally conscious comedy. Carl and James are two sanitation engineers who enjoy pulling... Brat-pack auteur Emilio Estevez directs himself and his brother Charlie Sheen in this environmentally conscious comedy. Carl and James are two sanitation engineers who enjoy pulling excrement-themed pranks on coworkers and dream of opening their very own surfing goods store. In the meantime, they're happy just to guzzle beers and play Trivial Pursuit. Then one day, while emptying a typical garbage can, they dump out a dead political candidate. And the more they learn about this stiff, the more trouble they're in -- especially after they uncover an illegal toxic waste disposal plot. Now Carl and James must decide whether to contact the authorities or abandon the corpse and go catch some waves. [More]

Starring: Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Darrell Larson, John Getz

Starring: Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Darrell Larson, John Getz, Leslie Hope, Keith David, Dean Cameron, Geoffrey Blake, John Putch, Tommy Hinkley, Sy Richardson, Kari Whitman, Troy Evans

Director: Emilio Estevez

Director: Emilio Estevez

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Lame trash men comedy, early Estevez and Sheen.

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02/23/08
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com

Despite its ample flaws, Men at Work is never boring and often is a lot of fun; however, it would have benefitted from the pruning of a few of its misfired visual gags,

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
02/04/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide

The grotesque practical jokes perpetrated against two interfering bumblers are genuinely funny, while Estevez and Sheen remain cutely goofy even when indulging themselves in this adolescent idiocy.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Time Out

No review available.

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08/31/05
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

No review available.

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07/05/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

No review available.

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01/17/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Banal brotherly project concocted up by real life siblings Sheen and Estevez. An uneven and unfunny ruse under the dour direction of Estevez

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05/31/03
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
TheWorldJournal.com

The Sheen brothers display how useless they are in this, the dumbest of dumb comedies, proof that they'll never be confused with the Marx Brothers.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
05/24/03
Channel 4 Film

The movie's desire to please is tireless, also engaging. Mr. Estevez's screenplay is not entirely coherent, but it has a number of comically crackpot lines.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/20/03
Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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Golf clap!

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04/06/03
Kevin A. Ranson
Kevin A. Ranson
MovieCrypt.com

In fairness to the two actors, who have appeared in much better films, they don't have much to work with here.

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03/23/03
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

Just tell me why?

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02/02/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

No review available.

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10/13/02
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

At times fun, at others too smart for it's own good. It's big flaw: the long, drawn-out ending.

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08/01/02
Michael Clawson
Michael Clawson
West Valley View

Men at Work stinks up the joint worse than the garbage that the title characters haul.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
07/30/02
Kurt Dahlke
Kurt Dahlke
Apollo Guide

No review available.

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07/26/02
Bob Grimm
Bob Grimm
Las Vegas Mercury

The garbage man motif is pretty fitting.

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07/25/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

Men at Work will be a painful experience even for fans of the stars.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
09/26/01
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Like the jokes, the brothers' rapport seems recycled from childhood. Sheen and Estevez are hardly working.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/01/00
Rita Kempley
Rita Kempley
Washington Post
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