
Men at Work
1990, Comedy, 1h 38m
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Carl Taylor
James St. James
Susan Wilkins
Louis Fedders
Pizza Man
Maxwell Potterdam III
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Men at Work is patient zero for the plague of Charlie Sheen movies that infected the 1990s.
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September 7, 2011 | Rating: D- | Full Review… -
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.
June 24, 2006 | Full Review… -
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.
May 20, 2003 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… -
Like the jokes, the brothers' rapport seems recycled from childhood. Sheen and Estevez are hardly working.
January 1, 2000 | Full Review… -
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August 24, 1990 | Rating: 4/5
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May 09, 2012quite stupid storyline just doesn't make sense. worth it to the brothers at work together but anything resembling a story is left in a heap. the actions of these characters just didn't make sense. the film looks as though it went through a lot of rewritesBrendan N Super Reviewer
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Nov 05, 2010A true guilty pleasure, Men at Work sees Carl (Charlie Sheen) and James (Emilio Estevez) as two no hope surfers/garbage men who pipe dream about opening their own surf shop. Carl has a slightly disturbed habit of spying on his neighbors with binoculars and "seriously aggravating situations without changing the course of history" by occasionally shooting them with a pellet gun. After an evening of beer and Trivial Pursuit, Carl and James witness City Councilman Jack Berger (Darrell Larson) seemingly assaulting his campaign manager Susan Wilkins (Leslie Hope) in her apartment across the street. As she runs out Carl shoots Berger with the pellet gun. He and James miss two men then strangle Berger and leave with his body. The following day they happen across Berger's discarded corpse on their garbage route, and, fearing they may be implicated in the murder, hide the body. Madcap antics ensure as they try to figure out who killed Berger and why. There's lots to like in this silly comedy, from the inept hit men whose car bears the licence plates: HIT MEN, to the recurring joke of the misplaced tape (work it, work it), and the great chemistry between the two leads. But the highlight is Keith David as Louis, Carl and James' boss' brother in law who rides along with them in the garbage truck as an observer (as they are known troublemakers and on probation at work) and becomes mixed up in the movie's ensuing chaos. David is perfect as the unhinged Vietnam veteran, and from the sight gag of him doodling a helicopter firing missiles at innocent families on a boardwalk, to the infamous "another man's fries" line, to the hilarious kidnapping of the pizza boy "he was provokin me!" the character is a constant source of laughs. Leave your brain at the door and enjoy.David L Super Reviewer
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Sep 06, 2010If you always wanted to see brothers Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez together in a film, watch this movie. It's a story you may have seen before, but it's still fun and exciting and it's got the two of them, so why not. I liked it.Aj V Super Reviewer
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Dec 12, 2009Men at Work is one of my Favourite Movies. It has many LOLs moments.Wahida K Super Reviewer
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