The Company You Keep (2013)
Average Rating: 6.1/10
Reviews Counted: 110
Fresh: 61 | Rotten: 49
The Company You Keep is a (frustratingly) slow-burning thriller about very contemporary issues.
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Critic Reviews: 37
Fresh: 19 | Rotten: 18
The Company You Keep is a (frustratingly) slow-burning thriller about very contemporary issues.
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A wanted man and former member of the revolutionary militant group the Weather Underground goes on the run after a journalist (Shia LaBeouf) outs him in this political thriller based on Neil Gordon's novel. Robert Redford stars and directs this Voltage Pictures/Wildwood Enterprises production. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi
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Robert Redford
Jim Grant -
Shia LaBeouf
Ben Shepard -
Julie Christie
Mimi Lurie -
Susan Sarandon
Sharon Solarz -
Nick Nolte
Donal Fitzgerald -
Chris Cooper
Daniel Sloan -
Terrence Howard
FBI Agent Cornelius -
Stanley Tucci
Ray Fuller -
Richard Jenkins
Jed Lewis -
Anna Kendrick
Diana -
Brendan Gleeson
Henry Osborne -
Brit Marling
Rebecca Osborne -
Sam Elliott
Mac Mcleod -
Stephen Root
Billy Cusimano -
Jackie Evancho
Isabel Grant
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All Critics (110) | Top Critics (37) | Fresh (61) | Rotten (49)
You can't help but applaud the effort, even as it falls short.
Top CriticRedford the director keeps things moving smoothly, avoiding too many lengthy monologues while still getting the point across ...
A drama that's more than a look at what happened to a generation of socially aware hippies whose new drug of choice is likely Lipitor.
Redford is an adequate director, and he keeps things moving at a moderate pace, passing up exits to more spectacular vistas or hotter issues.
What gets revealed should rattle, but it doesn't.
You wish the movie were a little snappier, but Redford doesn't do snap; slow down with it, and enjoy the chase.
Far and away the most impressive thing about it is that Redford's ability to convince his famous friends to appear in small roles.
The Company You Keep is an effective, slow-burning mystery, boasting one of the most impressive casts of the last few years.
Redford proves that he's still capable of making the sort of provocative political thrillers that would make a younger generation envious.
Redford skillfully directs a cast so talented and comprehensive it threatens to overpower the briskly unassuming, but sharply written script.
Well-crafted, wellintentioned and well, just a tad dull, Redford's radical-chic-road-trip will appeal to the Senior Railcard crowd.
Welcome back, Mr Redford.
[Director Robert Redford] deftly articulates the moral morass that can arise when idealism gives way to reality; he also has some very definite things to say about the way today's sensation-hungry, click-addicted media operates.
Talk about timing. Whether it's good or bad remains to be seen.
Dreadfully near-catatonic pace that never makes you feel like there's much at stake.
At the very least, this generation proves that they still have compelling stories to tell. (Complete Content Details for Parents also available)
Things come together satisfyingly at the end, but by then the urge to jump out of one's theater seat has been in effect for at least 45 minutes.
A tougher work might have seemed provocatively relevant in the tragic context of current events, but this film has a muted nostalgia for the days when bomb-tossing students had easy-to-pronounce names and might grow up to be as cleancut as Robert Redford.
An old-fashioned political drama that's well-intentioned and heartfelt.
Clearly, Redford has no trouble drawing talent; if he's ever interested in remaking Meteor or Midnight in Paris, he's halfway there.
Robert Redford -- who once was an active liberal -- is now a tired capitalist. He's also a worn-out egotist.
[Redford] still manages to tell an interesting story of family painted against a political backdrop. It's not going to spark any great movements, but it is worth a sit in at the local theater.
Redford's direction feels tighter and and less ruminative than it has in years, and his acting is still marked by a kind of intelligent alertness.
No matter how much slack you cut it, The Company You Keep never quite lives up to expectation.
This chase film combines elements of the thriller and newspaper procedural to create a contemporary saga about political idealism, stone-cold realities, and the repercussions of past deeds on future innocents.
The acting company Robert Redford keeps in The Company You Keep doesn't get any better. Movies rarely do either.
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"The Company You Keep" is one of those complex thrillers with some twists and turns, that just doesn't work out quite like it could have. I dunno what it was about it, but I didn't think it was as good as it could have been. It stars Shia LeBeouf as a reporter who learns the true identities of fugitives who had committed a murder 30 years prior. It weaves back and forth between him trying to find the truth, and one of fugitives trying to clear his name to remain with his daughter. The fugitive in question is played by Robert Redford(who also directs) and man he is still great after all these years. He has that "movie star" quality that a lot of actors just don't have anymore. The cast is great, even LeBeouf does a good job. Susan Sarandon, Sam Elliot, Terrance Howard, Richard Jenkins, among others round out the stellar cast. But the pacing and subject matter just don't really sustain(at least for me). I think if it focused more on Redford, and less on LeBeouf, it would have been better. But then again, it would have been a completely different movie. I love a good political type thriller(for example, "Ides of March" was pretty good)but this was just "meh". Maybe it was when I watched it(kind of late at night) and just wasn't as interested as I could have been. Maybe on a second viewing I will like it more. I can see why people will like it, because it is a smart movie. But at the same time, I can see how it will be off putting for others. Worth a rental? Sure, judge for yourself. But I'd pick up a spare movie just in case;-)