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People I Know (2003)

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Reviews Counted:51

Fresh:22

Rotten:29

Average Rating:5.5/10

Consensus: The derivative plot fails to cohere or draw the viewer in.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] language, drug use, and brief sexual images

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Apr 25, 2003 Limited

Synopsis: Al Pacino transforms himself into former all-star publicist Eli Wurman in Dan Algrant's PEOPLE I KNOW. Wurman is a southern-born onetime mover and shaker who is at the end of his rope--and his... Al Pacino transforms himself into former all-star publicist Eli Wurman in Dan Algrant's PEOPLE I KNOW. Wurman is a southern-born onetime mover and shaker who is at the end of his rope--and his career. His last major client, Cary Launer (Ryan O'Neal), is an Oscar-winning actor who has Wurman clean up his messes for him; in this case, Wurman has to get drug-addled television host Jilli Hopper (Tea Leoni) out of jail and back to California. But a detour leads Wurman into a secret sex-and-drug den filled with the rich and powerful--and also gets him involved in murder. PEOPLE I KNOW shares its fast-paced, winner-take-all, back stabbing world with SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS, which also tore apart New York City's hot publicity world. The eclectic cast does a fine job, with Pacino and Leoni standing out. Kim Basinger has a supporting role as Victoria Gray, Wurman's former sister-in-law who offers him the chance to retire to a quiet life on a ranch, but Wurman first has to pull off a politically controversial fundraiser that is making a lot of people upset. [More]

Starring: Al Pacino, Kim Basinger, Ryan O'Neal, Tea Leoni

Starring: Al Pacino, Kim Basinger, Ryan O'Neal, Tea Leoni, Bill Nunn, Richard Schiff, Sophie Dahl, Mark Webber, Robert Klein, David Marshall Grant, Jon Hendricks

Director: Dan Algrant

Director: Dan Algrant
Screenwriter: Jon Robin Baitz
Producer: Michael Nozik, Leslie Urdang, Karen Tenkoff
Composer: Terence Blanchard
Studio: Miramax Films

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  • Academy Award(R) winners Al Pacino (Best Actor, SCENT OF A WOMAN, 1992) and Kim Basinger (Best Supporting Actress, L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, 1997) bring the star power to this powerful and provocative thriller! For old-school public relations kingpin Eli Wurman (Pacino), there's never been a crisis he couldn't fix or a scandal he couldn't handle ? until now! When Eli's best client (Ryan O'Neal -- MALIBU'S MOST WANTED) and his starlet girlfriend (Tea Leoni -- HOLLYWOOD ENDING) become tangled in a particularly messy situation, Eli ends up seeing more than he's supposed to. Now, the man who made it his business to know everything suddenly knows too much! With an unforgettable performance critics are calling one of Al Pacino's best, you won't want to miss a minute of this gripping motion picture.
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    08/18/04
    Steven Snyder
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    [Starts] off like a B-version of Sweet Smell of Success before ending like a C-version of The Parallax View.

    Full Review Source: Creative Loafing | comment Comment
    07/21/04
    Matt Brunson
    Matt Brunson
    Creative Loafing

    After watching this depressing film, I felt as tired as Al Pacino's character looked.

    Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | comment Comment
    07/11/04
    Betty Jo Tucker
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    Pacino unleashes every trick in his actor's bag... The accent alone batters us into the back of the theater, making us want to go home.

    Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
    06/18/04
    Jeffrey M. Anderson
    Jeffrey M. Anderson
    Combustible Celluloid

    The movie is weighted down with an excess of plot points that fail to coalesce.

    Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
    06/11/04
    Ruthe Stein
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    04/09/04
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    03/17/04
    Antonia Quirke
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    02/20/04
    Matthew Turner
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    Intriguing but deeply flawed thriller.

    Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
    02/05/04
    Jamie Russell
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    Eli is a modern-day version of a tainted weakling who has sold his soul to the devil, but would like to rent it back from time to time.

    Full Review Source: Long Island Press | comment Comment
    09/16/03
    Prairie Miller
    Prairie Miller
    Long Island Press

    O filme, que mostra uma Nova York onde o poder é exercido de forma opressiva e cujas noites escondem festas dignas de De Olhos Bem Fechados, traz Pacino em uma das melhores atuações de sua carreira.

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    07/25/03
    Pablo Villaca
    Pablo Villaca
    Cinema em Cena

    At one point, a character kids Eli about being 'moth-eaten,' but the term would be better applied to the film's crippling third act.

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    07/08/03
    Adam Nayman
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    People I Know rests not at the bottom of that pile, not at the top, but just out of range of significance, to be forgotten the minute the audience’s back is turned.

    Full Review Source: FilmStew.com | comment Comment
    05/30/03
    Todd Gilchrist
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    05/28/03
    Stanley Kauffmann
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    Not much to admire.

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    05/21/03
    Jules Brenner
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