People I Know (2003)
43 %
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]
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
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 career. His last major client, Cary Launer (Ryan O'Neal), is an Oscar-winning actor who has Wurman... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Al Pacino, Kim Basinger, Ryan O'Neal, Tea Leoni, Bill Nunn
Director: Dan Algrant
Screenwriter: Jon Robin Baitz
Producer: Michael Nozik, Leslie Urdang, Karen Tenkoff
Composer: Terence Blanchard
Screenwriter: Jon Robin Baitz
Producer: Michael Nozik, Leslie Urdang, Karen Tenkoff
Composer: Terence Blanchard
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06/24/06
[Starts] off like a B-version of Sweet Smell of Success before ending like a C-version of The Parallax View.
07/21/04
After watching this depressing film, I felt as tired as Al Pacino's character looked.
07/11/04
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.
06/18/04
The movie is weighted down with an excess of plot points that fail to coalesce.
06/11/04
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04/09/04
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03/17/04
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.
09/16/03
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.
07/25/03
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.
07/08/03
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.
05/30/03
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05/28/03
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05/16/03
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